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Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
4  
11

National Language
Turkey  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
lütfen  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Türkçe  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Russki  

French Name
turc  
russe  

German Name
Türkisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Russians  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Slavic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
19  
17
7  
7

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
rus  

ISO 639 3
tur  
rus  

ISO 639 6
tur  
rus  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Turkish and Russian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Russian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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Turkish and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Russian language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Russian Difficulty

The Turkish vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.

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