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Romanian vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
6  
9

National Language
Turkey  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Romanian.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
alo  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
günaydın  
bună Dimineața  

Please
lütfen  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
scuze  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
La revedere  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Türkçe  
Română  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
turc  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Türkisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Romanians  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
1521  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Romanian  

Language Position
19  
17
36  
33

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
rum  

ISO 639 3
tur  
ron  

ISO 639 6
tur  
ron  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Turkish and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Romanian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Turkish and Romanian Language History.

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Turkish and Romanian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Turkish and Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Romanian language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Romanian Difficulty

The Turkish vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Romanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Turkish and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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