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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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
South Korea
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
kore1280
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Turkish and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Korean language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Korean Difficulty
The Turkish vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.