Merhaba
'Hello' in Turkish
Photo by Engin Yapici
Language
Turkish
Turkic Family
Left to Right Script
Non-Gendered Language
Turkish, a Turkic language, is spoken by about 80 million native speakers, primarily in Turkey and parts of Cyprus, Bulgaria, and Greece. It uses the Latin alphabet, adopted in 1928, with unique characters like "ç," "ğ," "ı," "ö," "ş," and "ü." Known for its vowel harmony and agglutinative grammar, Turkish features suffixes to indicate case, tense, and other grammatical functions, with no grammatical gender. Its vocabulary stems from Turkic roots, with significant loanwords from Arabic, Persian, French, and English due to historical and cultural interactions. As Turkey’s official language and an official language in Cyprus, Turkish is central to the region’s culture, media, and literature.
Flashcards
TUR
Verb
257
ödemek
pay
To give money in exchange for goods or services.
TUR
Verb
153
hoşlanmak
like
To enjoy or be fond of
TUR
Verb
256
durmak
stop
To cease moving or operating; to come to a halt.
TUR
Numeral
93
ilk
first
Coming before all others in order or time.
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