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Turkish vs 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
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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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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.

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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.

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