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Nepali vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Nepal  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Kazakh language agency  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
17  
7

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
कृपया  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
bye  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
18,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
18,000,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
népalais  
kazakh  

German Name
Nepali  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
19 BC  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Turkic  

Branch
Indic  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Kazakh  

Language Position
59  
99+
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Kazakh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
npi  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
nep  
kaz  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
12  
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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Nepali and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Kazakh language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Nepali and Kazakh Language History.

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Nepali and Kazakh 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 Nepali and Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Kazakh language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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