Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
South Africa
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 in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Thembu
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
South Africa
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
South Africa
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
German Name
Kasachisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kazahks
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
17th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kazakh
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kaza1248
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Kazakh and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Xhosa language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.