Countries
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets
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
Not Available
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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Greetings
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
Dialects
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
South Africa
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Thembu
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
South Africa
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
South Africa
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
39
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
0.17 %0.11 %
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million8.20 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA11.00 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]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kazahks
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
History
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
93NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
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
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kaza1248
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available