Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2437
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1746
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Mhoro
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Masikati
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Mangwanani
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Ndineurombo
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Karanga
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
11.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.17 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
18.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
chiShona
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
kazakh
shona
German Name
Kasachisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Shona people
Origin
17th Century
20th century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Standard Shona
Language Position
93107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kk
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
sna
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
sna
ISO 639 3
kaz
sna
ISO 639 6
kaz
sna
Glottocode
kaza1248
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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