Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Japan
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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)
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Kagawa
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Hakata
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Not Available
French Name
turc
japonais
German Name
Türkisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Turkic Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Not Available
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
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
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
nucl1643
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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.