Countries
South Africa
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
-
Kazakh language agency
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5324
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4317
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
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Unjani
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
Molo
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Ndicela
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
bye
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
South Africa
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
South Africa
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
South Africa
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
19.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
93
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
xhosa
kazakh
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Kazahks
Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa
Kazakh
Language Position
2193
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
xho
kaz
ISO 639 3
xho
kaz
ISO 639 6
xho
kaz
Glottocode
xhos1239
kaza1248
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative