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Turkish and Chinese


Chinese and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
5   
10

National Language
Turkey   
China, Taiwan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
24   
19

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
günaydın   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
lütfen   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
Türkçe   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Not Available   

French Name
turc   
chinois   

German Name
Türkisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Han   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
19   
17
1   
1

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
chi   

ISO 639 3
tur   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Turkish and Chinese Speaking population

Turkish and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Turkish vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Chinese Language Codes

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

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