Similarities Between Turkish and Serbian

In this video, we compare some of the similarities between Turkish and Serbian, two languages that belong to different families. Contact us on Instagram if you have any questions or feedback:

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. The Serbian language (српски / srpski) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs, and the official language of Serbia, and one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a minority language in Montenegro, as well as in Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. Serbian is the only European standard language uses both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets.

The Serbian Revolution in the early 19th century, which was a rebellion against the Ottomans as a struggle for independence led to the formation of an autonomous Serbia, marking the foundation of modern Serbia. Two centuries have passed since that time, and the Serbs were never influenced by the religion of Islam, having maintained Orthodox Christianity. However, the Serbian language and cuisine has been heavily influenced by Turkish. The Ottoman conquest led to linguistical contact between Turkish and South Slavic. Besides Turkish loanwords, also many Arabic and Persian words which had been adopted by the Turks, called "Orientalisms", entered the languages of the Balkans. Many of these words are no longer considered loan words.

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[thesiktirempire]

You forgot the most important word
Haydi 🇹🇷
Hajde 🇷🇸

[discospaghetti]

The comment section is surprisingly peaceful

[jaded]

I'm Serbian and I've been to Turkey so many times, it's such a great country

[slavdefendov]

I am Serbian and my Wife is Turkish.
Hello from Sydney Australia to all good people !

[yasinarslantas]

Let's celebrate the peace in the Comment section down here! 🇷🇸 🇹🇷 🤘🏼

[semprefidelis]

As a Turkish, if I didn`t know, I would say that the Serbian guy looks like one of us and the girl looks Serbian.

[darkovukotic]

I'm from Serbia but living for a long time in Ankara, so I speak both languages. And this great video was a birthday present from a friend :)

[AngelMakerVal]

Greetings from Serbia to Turkey. 🇷🇸🇹🇷 ^_^

[kanvva]

So many years in Ottoman Empire, of course we have a lot similar words. Greetings from Serbia to Turkey! 😆

[selenaslan]

Sirbistan a Selam ve Sevgiler !
Kiss and greetings to Serbia 🇷🇸🇹🇷

[thiagodias]

In Portuguese we use the word "Lavabo" for washroom too!

[eurovisionsongcontestSWZ]

Both languages are so beautiful 🇷🇸🇹🇷 and Turkish girl is so beauty and Serbian girls are beauties too 😊😊

Love Serbia & Turkey from Greece 🇬🇷❤🇷🇸❤🇹🇷

[HasanTosuncuk]

My grandfather used to say „ peşkir “ for “towel “ . In Serbia they say “ peşcir “ This word is replaced in Turkey with “havlu” and nobody uses peşkir anymore. Last year I was in Belgrade and heard the word pesçir in Hotel. It was sentimental for me since it reminded me my dead grandfather

[dilrukopter]

hello serbia 🇷🇸
lots of love from turkey

[christophermoltisanti]

Man, the Turkish girl is so beautiful and gorgeous 🇷🇸🇹🇷🇷🇸🇹🇷🇷🇸🇹🇷🇷🇸

[markojones]

Hello Turkey! Lot of love from Serbia! 🇷🇸❤️🇹🇷

[ThatBernie]

Everyone is talking about Şimal, but can I just say that Siniša is a pretty damn attractive man.

[MrYedige]

LOL, being a native speaker of Kazakh(Turkic family) and Russian(Slavic family) languages allowed me to understand A LOT of stuff from both Turkish and Serbian. I mean, it's such a bizarre feeling when you realize that you hear, basically, a foreign language but still somehow manage to decipher something or even have a basic conversation.
Greetings from Kazakhstan! Love your content, keep it up!

[yavuz]

I am half Serbian and half Turkish, lots of love to our friendship and balkan people! We have so many nice similarities and awesome people!