Countries
South Africa
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Thembu
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
South Africa
Kazakhstan
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
South Africa
Kazakhstan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
isiXhosa
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[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)
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Kazakh
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
xhos1239
kaza1248
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
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.
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.