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Kazakh and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Kazakh language agency  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
17  
7

Scripts
Hangul  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
bye  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
18,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
18,000,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
coréen  
kazakh  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Kazakh  

Language Position
12  
11
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Kazakh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
kor  
kaz  

Glottocode
kore1280  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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All Korean and Kazakh Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Kazakh dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Kazakh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Kazakh Dialects are spoken in different Kazakh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Kazakh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh , Southern Kazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Kazakh Speaking population

Korean and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Kazakh on Korean vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Kazakh Language Codes

Korean and Kazakh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Kazakh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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