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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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