Countries
Japan
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Total No. Of Countries
111
0
46
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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 in
Alphabets
9929
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1421
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0026,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00480,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Gagauz
Where They Speak
kansai
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
319
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million75.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.95 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
819
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
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