Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
South Africa
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
Not Available
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Molo
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Unjani
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Molo
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Ndicela
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
South Africa
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Thembu
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
South Africa
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
South Africa
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
German Name
Kasachisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kazahks
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
17th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kazakh
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kaza1248
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Kazakh and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Kazakh and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kazakh are spoken in different Kazakh Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kazakh vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh, Southern Kazakh. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kazakh and Xhosa Speaking population
Kazakh and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Kazakh vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kazakh and Xhosa Language Codes
Kazakh and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kazakh and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.