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Greek vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Kazakh language agency  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
bye  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Griko  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
18,000,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
kazakh  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Kazakh  

Language Position
74  
99+
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Kazakh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
ell  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
ells  
kaz  

Glottocode
gree1276  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Greek and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Kazakh language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Greek and Kazakh Language History.

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

Greek vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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