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Japanese vs Turkish


Turkish vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
Japan   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Asia, Europe   

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

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
14   
4
21   
11

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
Merhaba   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
günaydın   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
lütfen   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
üzgünüm   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
日本語   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
japonais   
turc   

German Name
Japanisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Turkish   

History

Origin
1185   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
8   
8
19   
17

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
tur   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Japanese and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Turkish language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Turkish Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Turkish language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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