Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
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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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1743
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Molo
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Unjani
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Molo
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Ndicela
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
South Africa
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Thembu
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
South Africa
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
South Africa
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
39
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
11.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.17 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million8.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
18.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
kazakh
xhosa
German Name
Kasachisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
17th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kazakh
isiXhosa
Language Position
9321
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kk
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
xho
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
xho
ISO 639 3
kaz
xho
ISO 639 6
kaz
xho
Glottocode
kaza1248
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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