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Kazakh vs Somali


Somali vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Somalia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Middle East  

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

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
Hello  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
Fadlan  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
sorry  

Bye
bye  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
kazakh  
somali  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Somalis  

History

Origin
17th Century  
19th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Cushitic  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Somali  

Language Position
93  
99+
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
som  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
som  

ISO 639 6
kaz  
som  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Kazakh and Somali Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Somali language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century. 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 Somali Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Somali Difficulty

The Kazakh vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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