Turklish
Encyclopedia
Turklish refers to the language contact
phenomenon that occurs primarily where native Turkish speakers frequently communicate in English, such as in Turkish expatriate communities in the United States
, Canada
, the United Kingdom
, Australia
, among the students of the many English speaking universities, high schools and corporations of Istanbul
and other major cities. To a lesser extent, the same phenomenon can be observed in expatriate communities in Turkey.
Turklish speakers loan a considerable amount of their vocabulary from English while speaking Turkish, and vice versa. It is not uncommon for a speaker of Turklish to frequently switch back and forth between the two languages, sometimes mid-sentence.
Sometimes, some English idioms and proverbs are directly translated into Turkish, and vice versa, possibly creating a confusing situation.
Language contact
Language contact occurs when two or more languages or varieties interact. The study of language contact is called contact linguistics.Multilingualism has likely been common throughout much of human history, and today most people in the world are multilingual...
phenomenon that occurs primarily where native Turkish speakers frequently communicate in English, such as in Turkish expatriate communities in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, among the students of the many English speaking universities, high schools and corporations of Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
and other major cities. To a lesser extent, the same phenomenon can be observed in expatriate communities in Turkey.
Turklish speakers loan a considerable amount of their vocabulary from English while speaking Turkish, and vice versa. It is not uncommon for a speaker of Turklish to frequently switch back and forth between the two languages, sometimes mid-sentence.
Sometimes, some English idioms and proverbs are directly translated into Turkish, and vice versa, possibly creating a confusing situation.