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How easy is Turkish for English speakers?

Going from English to Turkish (Türkçe) has a composite linguistic distance of 81% (curated lexical data). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.

81% distance FSI Cat III — ~1,100 hours
Lexical similarity
6%

Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.

Grammatical distance
29%

Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.

Phonological similarity
0%

Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.

Writing-system match
100%

Latin → Latin

Genealogical kinship
0%

Indo-European ↔ Turkic

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Sample sentences side-by-side

How everyday sentences look in both languages:

🇬🇧 English
The modern university has an international program in science and technology.
🇹🇷 Turkish
Modern üniversitenin bilim ve teknoloji alanında uluslararası bir programı var.
🇬🇧 English
Music and art are important for the development of culture.
🇹🇷 Turkish
Müzik ve sanat, kültürün gelişimi için önemlidir.

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