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Swahili
Swahili

Kazakh
Kazakh



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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
China, Kazakhstan, Russia

Total No. Of Countries

43
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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

Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Kazakh language agency

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • 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

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Turkish and Uzbek Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2424
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

Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic

Writing Direction

-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)

Thank You

Asante
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)

Good Night

Usiku mwema
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)

Please

tafadhali
өтінемін (ötinemin)

Sorry

pole
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)

Bye

bye
bye

I Love You

nakupenda
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)

Excuse Me

Samahani
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Northeastern Kazakh

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Kazakhstan

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Southern Kazakh

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Kazakhstan

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Western Kazakh

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Kazakhstan

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0018,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

123
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq

French Name

swahili
kazakh

German Name

Swahili
Kasachisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Kazahks

History

Origin

6th century
17th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Turkic

Branch

Bantu
Northwestern (Kipchak)

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Swahili
Kazakh

Language Position

2193
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
kk

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
kaz

ISO 639 2/B

swa
kaz

ISO 639 3

swa
kaz

ISO 639 6

swa
kaz

Glottocode

swah1254
kaza1248

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

-
Agglutinative

Swahili and Kazakh Alphabets

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

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

Swahili and Kazakh Speaking population

Swahili and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % 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 Swahili and Kazakh on Swahili vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Kazakh Language Codes

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