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Turkish and Chinese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
11   
5

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
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
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Merhaba   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
günaydın   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
lütfen   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
üzgünüm   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Wu   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Yue   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
chinois   
turc   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Turkish   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
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 Chinese   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
1   
1
19   
17

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
tur   

ISO 639 3
zho   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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All Chinese and Turkish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Turkish dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Turkish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Turkish Dialects are spoken in different Turkish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Turkish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish , Crimean Turkish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Turkish Speaking population

Chinese and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Turkish on Chinese vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Turkish Language Codes

Chinese and Turkish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Turkish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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