Countries
Japan
  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
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 in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Gagauz
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
75.00 million
  
23
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
  
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)
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Turkish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.