Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Yemen
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2426
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1721
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Hello
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Fadlan
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
sorry
Bye
bye
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
kazakh
somali
German Name
Kasachisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Somalis
Origin
17th Century
19th century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Cushitic
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Somali
Language Position
9383
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kk
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
som
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
som
ISO 639 3
kaz
som
ISO 639 6
kaz
som
Glottocode
kaza1248
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-