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Ukrainian vs Turkish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
1  
14

National Language
Turkey  
Ukraine  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
lütfen  
будь ласк  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Türkçe  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
turc  
ukrainien  

German Name
Türkisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
1561  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Slavic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
19  
17
26  
24

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
tur  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
tur  
ukr  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Turkish and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Ukrainian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Turkish and Ukrainian Language History.

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Turkish and Ukrainian 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 Turkish and Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Ukrainian language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The Turkish vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Turkish and Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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