Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
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 in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.