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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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