There are 13 differences and 4 similarities between Afrikaans, Turkish
Language Family and Writing System
Writing System
Latin
Latin
Script(s) Used
Afrikaans
T Rk E
Family
Indo-european
Turkic
Subgroup
Germanic
Southern
3 Letter Code
Afr
Tur
Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)
6.2 million
74 million
Native Speakers as % of World
0.1 %
1.6 %
Total Number of Speakers (millions)
15.2 million
83 million
Total Speakers as % of World
0.2 %
1.1 %
Language Systems
Noun declensions
No
Seven Cases
Sequence
Svo (some Vso)
Sov
Tonal
No
No
Agglutinative language
No
No
Geographic Distribution
Official language in
Cyprus
South Africa
Turkey
Cyprus
South Africa
Turkey
Official Language of United Nations
No
No
Countries Spoken In
South Africa, Nambia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland
Turkey, Cyprus, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States