Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
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 in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
11.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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
  
Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Kazakh language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Kazakh Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.