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Arabic vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
23  
4

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia  

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  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
28  
18

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
صباح الخير  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
من فضلك  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
آسف  

Bye
bye  
وداعا  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
kazakh  
arabe  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Arabs  

History

Origin
17th Century  
512 CE  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Semitic  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
93  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
ara  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
ara  

ISO 639 6
kaz  
ara  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Kazakh and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Arabic language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kazakh and Arabic Language History.

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Kazakh and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Arabic language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kazakh vs Arabic Difficulty

The Kazakh vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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