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Kazakh and Amharic


Amharic and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
17  
7
31  
21

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
10.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
93  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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All Kazakh and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Kazakh and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kazakh are spoken in different Kazakh Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kazakh vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh, Southern Kazakh. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kazakh and Amharic Speaking population

Kazakh and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Kazakh vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Amharic Language Codes

Kazakh and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kazakh and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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