Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
South Africa
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
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
-
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
-
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Namibia
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
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
kaza1248
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic
All Kazakh and Afrikaans Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kazakh and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Kazakh and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kazakh are spoken in different Kazakh Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kazakh vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh, Southern Kazakh. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kazakh and Afrikaans Speaking population
Kazakh and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kazakh and Afrikaans on Kazakh vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kazakh and Afrikaans Language Codes
Kazakh and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kazakh and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.