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Turkish and Cantonese


Cantonese and Turkish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
2   
13

National Language
Turkey   
China, Guangdong   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
您好   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
你好吗?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
晚安   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
下午好   

Good Morning
günaydın   
早上好   

Please
lütfen   
请   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
遗憾   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
再见   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
outside mainland China   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
52.00 million   
21

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
turc   
Not Available   

German Name
Türkisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
17th century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
19   
17
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
tur   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Turkish and Cantonese 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 Turkish and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Turkish and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Turkish are spoken in different Turkish Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Turkish vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish, Crimean Turkish. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Turkish and Cantonese Speaking population

Turkish and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Turkish and Cantonese on Turkish vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Cantonese Language Codes

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