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Kazakh and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
3   
12

National Language
Germany   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
9   
1
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
Danke   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
bitte   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
Tschüs   
bye   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
allemand   
kazakh   

German Name
Deutsch   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Turkic   

Branch
Western   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Kazakh   

Language Position
9   
9
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
deu   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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All German and Kazakh Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Kazakh dialects. Various dialects of German and Kazakh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Kazakh Dialects are spoken in different Kazakh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Kazakh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh , Southern Kazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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German and Kazakh Speaking population

German and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of German and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Kazakh on German vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Kazakh Language Codes

German and Kazakh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Kazakh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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