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Turkish and Korean


Korean and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
5   
10

National Language
Turkey   
North Korea, South Korea   

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   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
21   
18

How Many Consonants
21   
11
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
günaydın   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
lütfen   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
China, North Korea   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
turc   
coréen   

German Name
Türkisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Koreans   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
19   
17
12   
11

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
kor   

ISO 639 3
tur   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Turkish and Korean Speaking population

Turkish and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Turkish vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Korean Language Codes

Turkish and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Turkish and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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