Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
South Africa
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Namibia, 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, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
hallo
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Dankie
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
goeie nag
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
goeie more
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
asseblief
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
jammer
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
-
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
-
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Namibia
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Cape Dutch
French Name
kazakh
afrikaans
German Name
Kasachisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Afrikaners
Origin
17th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
kaza1248
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic
Kazakh and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kazakh and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Afrikaans language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kazakh and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.