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Chinese vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
3   
12

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

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

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
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
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

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

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
bye   

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

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
chinois   
kazakh   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
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 Chinese   
Kazakh   

Language Position
1   
1
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
zho   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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Chinese and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Kazakh language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Kazakh Language History.

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

Chinese vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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