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Cantonese and Kazakh


Kazakh and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
17   
7

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
谢谢   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
晚安   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
晚上好   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
早上好   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
请   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
遗憾   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
再见   
bye   

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

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Kazakhstan   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
Not Available   
kazakh   

German Name
Not Available   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
17th century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Kazakh   

Language Position
Not Available   
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Cantonese and Kazakh Speaking population

Cantonese and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Kazakh on Cantonese vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Kazakh Language Codes

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

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