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Turkish and Japanese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Japan  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia, Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
14  
4
21  
11

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Merhaba  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
teşekkür ederim  

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

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

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
günaydın  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
lütfen  

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

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Hoşçakal  

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

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

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

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Crimean Turkish  

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

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
日本語  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
japonais  
turc  

German Name
Japanisch  
Türkisch  

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

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Turkish  

History

Origin
1185  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
8  
8
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
tur  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
tur  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
tur  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Japanese 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 Japanese and Turkish dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Turkish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Turkish Dialects are spoken in different Turkish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Turkish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish , Crimean Turkish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Turkish Speaking population

Japanese and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Turkish on Japanese vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Turkish Language Codes

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

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