Countries
South Africa
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Kazakh language agency
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3224
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1717
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Dankie
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
goeie nag
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
goeie more
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
asseblief
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
jammer
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
Totsiens
bye
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
-
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
-
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Namibia
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
7.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
19.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
afrikaans
kazakh
German Name
Afrikaans
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Kazahks
Origin
17th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Turkic
Branch
Western
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Kazakh
Language Position
2393
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
afr
kaz
ISO 639 3
afr
kaz
ISO 639 6
afrs
kaz
Glottocode
afri1274
kaza1248
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative