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Kazakh vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Kazakh language agency  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
17  
7

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
bye  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
18,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Wu  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
18,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Yue  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
18,000,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
chinois  
kazakh  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
17th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Kazakh  

Language Position
1  
1
93  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
zho  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
zho  
kaz  

Glottocode
sini1245  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Chinese and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Kazakh language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Chinese and Kazakh Language History.

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Chinese and Kazakh 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 Chinese and Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Kazakh language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Kazakh Difficulty

The Chinese vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Kazakh 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 Chinese and Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.

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