Is Turkish Difficult?

Is it hard to learn Turkish? The answer is a definite "no", although Turkish may be a relatively more difficult language depending on where you stand. If your native language is one of the latin based languages, learning Turkish will be more difficult than learning another latin based language. Let's say, if you are an English speaker, learning Spanish will certainly be easier for you, because of many similar words. However, this doesn't mean that Turkish is difficult to learn. Indeed, it is easier than English. For example, imagine a Turk learning English and an American learning Turkish. The American student will have a much easier time with Turkish than the Turkish student with learning English.

Turkish is different, but it is very logical and regular. It is very analytical. Once one grasps the logic that Turkish is all about, then learning Turkish would not only be easy, but it would also be a lot of fun. Many people take our Turkish classes in NYC just because of this difference and the fun structure of Turkish.

Turkish speaking children are the fastest

The results of a worldwide research released at the International Association for the Study of Child Language's 10th congress in Berlin in 2005 showed that Turkish children learn their native language faster than most other children. Linguistics Professor Dr. Gisela Klann-Delius found out in her research that Turkish was easier to learn than most languages and Turkish speaking children could speak their native language by the age of 2-3 years in a grammatically correct manner. Professor Klann-Delius also noted that, as a comparison, German and Arabic children reach the same level of grammatical mastery in their native language, when they are four to five and 12 years old respectively.