Similarities Between Turkish and French

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Published 2019-03-15

Despite belonging to different language families, French and Turkish have many common words as a result of French loanwords in the Turkish language. Despite Atatürk's reforms, most of the French loanwords are still widely used in Turkish today. We showcase some of the words shared in common between Turkish and French, as Şimal, a Turkish speaker from Turkey and Emeline, a French speaker from France, challenge each other with a list of words and sentences. Please contact us on Instagram if you have any questions or feedback:
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The Turkish language (Türkçe), which is also referred to as Istanbul Turkish, is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with most of its native speakers living in Western Asia, and significant group of speakers in Germany, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Greece, the Caucasus, and other parts of Europe and Central Asia. Ottoman Turkish, which was a variation of the Turkish spoken today, influenced many parts of Europe during the time that the Ottoman Empire expanded. When the modern Turkish republic was established, one of Atatürk's Reforms consisted of changing the Ottoman Turkish alphabet with a Latin alphabet. Today, Turkish is recognized as a minority language in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Macedonia, and Romania.

French (française) descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French has evolved from Gallo-Romance, the spoken Latin in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Today, French is one of the most widely spoken languages in the word and a French-speaking person or nation is often referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guinea, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu. French is spoken as a first language in many parts of the world outside of France, including the Canadian province of Quebec, and among large communities in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and New Brunswick, and numerous other places including parts of the United States such as Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

All Comments (21)

@BahadorAlast 5 years ago

Since so many of you requested this video on Instagram, we have decided to do it, even though I am sure there will be complaints about the fact that these are purely just French words. Despite Atatürk's language reforms, French loanwords are still widely used in Turkish today. Hope you enjoy the video! Please contact us on Instagram if you have any questions or feedback: Shahrzad (@shahrzad.pe): www.instagram.com/shahrzad.pe Bahador (@BahadorAlast): www.instagram.com/BahadorAlast
@kradonrace 5 years ago

Thanks to Tanzimat Dönemi edebiyatı
@samykiani944 5 years ago

Turkish and French are for me two of the most beautiful sounding languages.
@emogame 5 years ago

Im half turkish and half french 🇹🇷🇫🇷
@RussianwithAnastasia 5 years ago

So excited to learn more about Turkish! 🇹🇷♥️ Thank you!
@shahrazade26 5 years ago

The Turkish girl said "Büyüyünce kamyon şoför olmak istiyorum" and I understood it!
@JS-tj8vh 5 years ago

Turkish-Greek this is my 10 times typing here🌝😂
@nasreenmohammed583 5 years ago

Merhaba arkadaşlar, ben bir somaliyim, türkçeyi seviyorum, öğrendim ve türkiyeyi çok seviyorum, ziyaret etmek istiyorum❤️❤️🇸🇴🇹🇷
@Torazah 5 years ago

The Turkish lady is beautiful....
@bulentbulut4965 5 years ago

Turkish vs Hungarian Turkish vs Greek Turkish vs Mongolian please
@beyneqor350 4 years ago

The french girl's accent is so cute and soft. She's so calm. I like her!
@travelspurs 4 years ago

That Turkish girl is so cheerful. Kinda likable personality. I have seen her being so cheerful on their other videos as well. 🥰🙌💞
@onurcan2129 4 years ago

Arapça ve Farsçadan aldığımız kelimeleri inceltirken Fransızcadan aldığımız kelimeleri bir tık sertleştirmişiz. Tam orta karar bir fonetiğimiz var.
@aalkharashi93 5 years ago

The Turkish lady so adorable <3 always smiling and the best part when she was complimenting her roommate she stretched her arms awkwardly that look so innocent, may god bless her and all of the people around her.
@satashinacumoto8962 4 years ago

both girls are beautiful. but turkish one is so sweet
@adriantopcity8223 4 years ago

I am from Mexico and the Turkish girl is my favorite😍🇲🇽🇹🇷
@samlouis5219 5 years ago

It's interesting that both have the "ç" (c-cedilla) in the native names of the languages (Türkçe & Français) but they differ in the pronunciation 🙂
@aestetics3505 5 years ago

I think i can speak French now :D No I’m kidding but i love French. This language is so beautiful. Btw I’m Turkish, born in Germany :)))
@proeuropa1783 5 years ago

Dusche, Grippe, Atelier, Beton, and Collier are all also used in German. For furniture we can actually use both Möbel, which sounds like the French word, or Mobiliar, which sounds like the Turkish word. So weird, I guess in the end most languages are seriously intertwined. We're all family after all.
@nikaa1084 5 years ago

Thank you for another video with Şimel!! ❤️ Turkish is sooooo beautiful