Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Turkish Language Association
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Merhaba
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Nasılsın?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Tünaydın
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
günaydın
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
lütfen
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
üzgünüm
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Hoşçakal
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Jeju
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
South Korea
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
South Korea
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Gagauz
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Anatolian, Türkisch
German Name
Koreanisch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Turkish
Origin
Before 1st century
c. 1350
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Turkic
Branch
Not Available
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
nucl1301
Linguasphere
45-AAA
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Korean 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 Korean and Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Turkish language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Turkish Difficulty
The Korean vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.