Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
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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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1731
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Selam
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
i'bakwon
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
aznallehu
Bye
bye
tschao
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Gondar
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Gondar
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Showa
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
11.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.17 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
18.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
kazakh
amharique
German Name
Kasachisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Amharas
Origin
17th Century
13th century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Semitic
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Amharic
Language Position
9355
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kk
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
amh
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
amh
ISO 639 3
kaz
amh
ISO 639 6
kaz
amh
Glottocode
kaza1248
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional