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Finnish vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
haluta   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
Heippa   
bye   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
finnois   
kazakh   

German Name
Finnisch   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
1543   
17th Century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Turkic   

Branch
Finnic   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Kazakh   

Language Position
Not Available   
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
fin   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
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, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Finnish and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Kazakh language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Kazakh Language History.

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

Finnish vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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