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Kazakh vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
Norwegian Language 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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
17  
7
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
hallo  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
takk  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
god natt  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
god morgen  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
unnskyld  

Bye
bye  
ha det  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Norsk  

French Name
kazakh  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Germanic  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
93  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
nor  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
nor  

ISO 639 6
kaz  
nor  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Kazakh and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Norwegian language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. 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 Norwegian Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Kazakh vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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