Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Somalia
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
-
Kazakh language agency
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- 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
Somali Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3424
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2417
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Galatoomi
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Maaloo
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
naa dhiisi
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
Nagayattii!
bye
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Borana
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Orma
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Kenya
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
66,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Kenya
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
13,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
173
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
galla
kazakh
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Kazahks
Origin
16
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Turkic
Branch
-
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Kazakh
Language Position
9193
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
orm
kaz
ISO 639 3
orm
kaz
ISO 639 6
orm
kaz
Glottocode
nucl1736
kaza1248
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative