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Turkish vs Japanese


Japanese vs Turkish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
1   
14

National Language
Turkey   
Japan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Pacific   

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

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

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

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

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

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
günaydın   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
lütfen   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

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

Bye
Hoşçakal   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

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

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Sanuki   

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

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

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Hakata   

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

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
kansai   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
128.00 million   
9

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Not Available   

French Name
turc   
japonais   

German Name
Türkisch   
Japanisch   

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

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
1185   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Japanese   

Language Position
19   
17
8   
8

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
tur   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Turkish and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Japanese language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Turkish and Japanese Language History.

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Turkish and Japanese 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 Turkish and Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Japanese language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Japanese Difficulty

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

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