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Somali
Somali

Kazakh
Kazakh



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Countries

Countries

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
China, Kazakhstan, Russia

Total No. Of Countries

33
0 46
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National Language

Somalia
Gambia, Kazakhstan

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Kazakh language agency

Interesting Facts

  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  • 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

Afar and Oromo Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2624
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2117
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic, Cyrillic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)

Thank You

Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)

How Are You?

Sidee tahay ?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)

Good Night

Habeenka Good
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)

Good Evening

Evening Good
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)

Good Afternoon

galab wanaagsan
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)

Good Morning

Subax wanaagsan
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)

Please

Fadlan
өтінемін (ötinemin)

Sorry

sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)

Bye

caraysiiyo
bye

I Love You

Waan ku jeclahay
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)

Excuse Me

iga raali ahow
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Somali
Northeastern Kazakh

Where They Speak

Gabon, Standard Somali
Kazakhstan

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Benaadir
Southern Kazakh

Where They Speak

Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Kazakhstan

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Western Kazakh

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
Kazakhstan

How Many People Speak

21.0018,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

33
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

af Soomaali
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى

Alternative Names

Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq

French Name

somali
kazakh

German Name

Somali
Kasachisch

Pronunciation

[afsoomaali]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]

Ethnicity

Somalis
Kazahks

History

Origin

19th century
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

Somali
Kazakh

Language Position

8393
1 120
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Signed Forms

Somali Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

so
kk

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

som
kaz

ISO 639 2/B

som
kaz

ISO 639 3

som
kaz

ISO 639 6

som
kaz

Glottocode

soma1255
kaza1248

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

-
Agglutinative

Somali and Kazakh Alphabets

Somali and Kazakh Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Kazakh. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Kazakh Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Somali and Kazakh languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Kazakh languages. The Somali phonology consist Somali vowels and Somali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Somali greetings vs Kazakh greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Kazakh are Most Spoken Languages.

All Somali 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 Somali and Kazakh dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Kazakh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Kazakh Dialects are spoken in different Kazakh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Kazakh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh , Southern Kazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Somali and Kazakh Speaking population

Somali and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % 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 Somali and Kazakh on Somali vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Kazakh Language Codes

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