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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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
11
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
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

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+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
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+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
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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