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Turkish vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
3  
12

National Language
Turkey  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Kazakh language agency  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
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
Merhaba  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
günaydın  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
lütfen  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
bye  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
18,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
Türkçe  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
turc  
kazakh  

German Name
Türkisch  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
17th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Turkic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Kazakh  

Language Position
19  
17
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Kazakh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
tur  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
tur  
kaz  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Turkish and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Kazakh language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Kazakh Language History.

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

Turkish vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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