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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
511
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
Turkey
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
1.7 Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Turkish Language Association
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Azerbaijani Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2629
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
248
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2321
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
66
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Merhaba
3.2 Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
teşekkür ederim
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Nasılsın?
3.4 Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
İyi Geceler
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
İyi Akşamlar
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Tünaydın
3.7 Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
günaydın
3.8 Please
请 (Qǐng)
lütfen
3.9 Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
üzgünüm
3.10 Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Hoşçakal
3.11 I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Seni seviyorum
3.12 Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Afedersiniz
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Mandarin
Azerbaijani Turkish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0026,000,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Wu
Crimean Turkish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00480,000.00
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Yue
Gagauz
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00140,000.00
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
109
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million75.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
16.00 %0.95 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
873.00 million60.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
178.00 million15.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Türkçe
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Anatolian, Türkisch
5.3.4 French Name
chinois
turc
5.3.5 German Name
Chinesisch
Türkisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Han
Turkish
6 History
6.1 Origin
1250 BC
c. 1350
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Turkic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Turkic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Southwestern(Oghuz)
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
6.3.3 Language Position
119
Persian
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Turkish Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zh
tr
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zho
tur
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
chi
tur
7.3 ISO 639 3
zho
tur
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
sini1245
nucl1301
7.6 Linguasphere
79-AAA
44-AAB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic

Chinese vs Turkish Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Chinese vs Turkish speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Chinese or Turkish language.

  • Chinese is spoken as a national language in: China, Taiwan.
  • Turkish is spoken as a national language in: Turkey.

You will also get to know the continents where Chinese and Turkish speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Chinese language is 1 and position of Turkish language is 19. Find all the information about these languages on Chinese and Turkish.

Chinese and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Turkish language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Turkish Language History.

Chinese 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 Chinese and Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Turkish language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Turkish Difficulty

The Chinese vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.