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Kazakh and Somali


Somali and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

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

Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
21.00 million  
29

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  

History

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
93  
99+
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

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

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Kazakh and Somali Speaking population

Kazakh and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Somali on Kazakh vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Somali Language Codes

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

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