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Xhosa and Kazakh


Kazakh and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
43  
32
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
18,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
18,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
19.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
18.00 million  
32

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  

History

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
21  
19
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Kazakh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Xhosa and Kazakh Speaking population

Xhosa and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % 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 Xhosa and Kazakh on Xhosa vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Kazakh Language Codes

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

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