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Ukrainian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Ukrainian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Ukraine  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
22  
12
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Latin  

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
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
teşekkür ederim  

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

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
günaydın  

Please
будь ласк  
lütfen  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
üzgünüm  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
Hoşçakal  

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

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

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

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

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Crimean Turkish  

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

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

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Gagauz  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
ukrainien  
turc  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Turkish  

History

Origin
1561  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Turkic  

Branch
Eastern  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
26  
24
19  
17

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
tur  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
tur  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
tur  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
nucl1301  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Ukrainian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Turkish language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Ukrainian and Turkish Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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