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Kazakh vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
3  
12

National Language
Germany  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Kazakh language agency  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
9  
1
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
Danke  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
bitte  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
Tschüs  
bye  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
Deutsch  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
allemand  
kazakh  

German Name
Deutsch  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Turkic  

Branch
Western  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Kazakh  

Language Position
9  
9
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Kazakh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
deu  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
deus  
kaz  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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German and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of German vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of German and Kazakh language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Kazakh Language History.

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

German vs Kazakh Difficulty

The German vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.

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