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Arabic vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
3   
12

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
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   
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
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
شكرا   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
من فضلك   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
آسف   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
وداعا   
bye   

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

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
arabe   
kazakh   

German Name
Arabisch   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
512 CE   
17th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Turkic   

Branch
North Arabic   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Kazakh   

Language Position
25   
21
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
ara   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Arabic and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Kazakh language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Kazakh Language History.

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

Arabic vs Kazakh Difficulty

The Arabic vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.

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