Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2432
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1717
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
hallo
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Dankie
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
goeie nag
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
goeie more
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
asseblief
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
jammer
Bye
bye
Totsiens
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
-
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
-
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Namibia
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Cape Dutch
French Name
kazakh
afrikaans
German Name
Kasachisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Afrikaners
Origin
17th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Germanic
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
9323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kk
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
afr
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
afr
ISO 639 3
kaz
afr
ISO 639 6
kaz
afrs
Glottocode
kaza1248
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic