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Turkish and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
11  
5

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Merhaba  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
günaydın  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
lütfen  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
üzgünüm  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Wu  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Yue  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
chinois  
turc  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Turkish  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
1  
1
19  
17

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
tur  

ISO 639 3
zho  
tur  

ISO 639 6
zho  
tur  

Glottocode
sini1245  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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All Chinese and Turkish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Turkish dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Turkish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Turkish Dialects are spoken in different Turkish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Turkish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish , Crimean Turkish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Turkish Speaking population

Chinese and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Turkish on Chinese vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Turkish Language Codes

Chinese and Turkish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Turkish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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