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Japanese and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
1  
14

National Language
Turkey  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Palau  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
günaydın  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
lütfen  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Türkçe  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Nihongo  

French Name
turc  
japonais  

German Name
Türkisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
1185  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Japanese  

Language Position
19  
17
8  
8

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
tur  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
tur  
jpn  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Turkish and Japanese Speaking population

Turkish and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Turkish vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Japanese Language Codes

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

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