Countries
European Union, Finland
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
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 in
Finnish-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
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!)
  
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
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.40 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.