Turkish language

Classification

Turkish is a member of the Turkish family of languages, which includes Balkan Gagauz Turkish, Gagauz, and Khorasani Turkish in addition to Osmanli Turkish. The Turkish family is a subgroup of the Oghuz languages, themselves a subgroup of the Turkic languages, which most linguists believe to be member of an Altaic language family.

Related Topics:
Balkan Gagauz Turkish - Gagauz - Khorasani Turkish - Oghuz - Turkic languages - Altaic language family

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Like Finnish and Hungarian, Turkish has vowel harmony and is agglutinative, but has no grammatical gender. Word order is usually Subject Object Verb. Turkish has a T-V distinction: second-person plural forms can be used for individuals as a sign of respect.

Related Topics:
Finnish - Hungarian - Vowel harmony - Agglutinative - Grammatical gender - Subject Object Verb - T-V distinction

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