Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Turkey
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Hawaii
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
谢谢
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
你好吗？
Good Night
İyi Geceler
晚安
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
下午好
Good Morning
günaydın
早上好
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
我爱你
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
原谅我
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Hong Kong
Native Name
Türkçe
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
turc
cantonais
German Name
Türkisch
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Han Chinese
Origin
c. 1350
17th century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
-
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
tr
No data available
ISO 639 3
tur
No data available
Glottocode
nucl1301
cant1236
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-
All Turkish and Cantonese 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 Turkish and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Turkish and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Turkish are spoken in different Turkish Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Turkish vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish, Crimean Turkish. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Turkish and Cantonese Speaking population
Turkish and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Turkish and Cantonese on Turkish vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Turkish and Cantonese Language Codes
Turkish and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Turkish and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.