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Estonian vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

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

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
aitäh   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
Head ööd   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
Palun   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
Vabandust   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
Head aega   
bye   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Kazakhstan   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
eesti keel   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
estonien   
kazakh   

German Name
Estnisch   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
13th century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Turkic   

Branch
Finnic   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Kazakh   

Language Position
Not Available   
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
est   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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Estonian and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Kazakh language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Estonian and Kazakh Language History.

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

Estonian vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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