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Turkish vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
11  
5

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Turkey  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
16  
6
21  
11

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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Merhaba  

Thank You
grazie  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
buonasera  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
günaydın  

Please
Per Favore  
lütfen  

Sorry
scusate  
üzgünüm  

Bye
arrivederci  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Italiano  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
italien  
turc  

German Name
Italienisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Turkish  

History

Origin
960 BC  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
27  
25
19  
17

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
tur  

ISO 639 3
ita  
tur  

ISO 639 6
itas  
tur  

Glottocode
ital1282  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Italian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Turkish language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Italian and Turkish Language History.

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Italian and Turkish 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 Italian and Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Turkish language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Turkish Difficulty

The Italian vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Turkish 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 Italian and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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