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Turkish vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Turkish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
1   
14

National Language
Turkey   
Ukraine   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
günaydın   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
lütfen   
будь ласк   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Rivne, Volyn   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Not Available   

French Name
turc   
ukrainien   

German Name
Türkisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
1561   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Slavic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
19   
17
26   
22

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
tur   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Turkish and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Ukrainian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Turkish vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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