Countries
Japan
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
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
Alphabets in
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Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Hakata
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Where They Speak
kansai
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Anatolian, Türkisch
French Name
japonais
turc
German Name
Japanisch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Turkish
Language Family
Japonic Family
Turkic Family
Branch
-
Southwestern(Oghuz)
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)
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1643
nucl1301
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic
Japanese and Turkish 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 Japanese and Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Turkish language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Turkish Difficulty
The Japanese vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese Alphabets and Turkish 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 Japanese and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.