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Cantonese vs Turkish


Turkish vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
11   
5

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Turkey   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Merhaba   

Thank You
谢谢   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
晚安   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
晚上好   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
早上好   
günaydın   

Please
请   
lütfen   

Sorry
遗憾   
üzgünüm   

Bye
再见   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
我爱你   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
Not Available   
turc   

German Name
Not Available   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Turkish   

History

Origin
17th century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
tur   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
No data available   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Cantonese and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Turkish language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Cantonese and Turkish Language History.

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Cantonese and Turkish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Cantonese and Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Turkish language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Cantonese vs Turkish Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Turkish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Cantonese and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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