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Kazakh vs Uzbek


Uzbek vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Turkey, Uzbekistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Middle East  

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  
-  

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.
  
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
17  
7
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
Salom  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
Rakhmat  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
Qalay siz?  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
Hayirli tun  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
Hayirli kech  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
Hayirli kun  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
Hayirli tong  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
Iltimos  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
Kechiring!  

Bye
bye  
Xayr  

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

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
Iltimos! Menga qarang  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Tashkent  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
-  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
32,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Afghan  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
-  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
32,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Ferghana  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
-  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
32,000,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
26.00 million  
31

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
32.00 million  
25

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
kazakh  
ouszbek  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Usbekisch  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[oʻzbek]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Uzbek  

History

Origin
17th Century  
9th–12th centuries AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Turkic  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
Southestern(Chagatai)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Chagatay  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Uzbek  

Language Position
93  
99+
53  
99+

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Signed Uzbek  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
uz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
uzb  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
uzb  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
uzb  

ISO 639 6
kaz  
uzb  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
uzbe1247  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Kazakh and Uzbek Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Uzbek language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Uzbek language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Uzbek language states that this language originated in 9th–12th centuries 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 Uzbek Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Uzbek Difficulty

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

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