Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
77.00 million
  
22
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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