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Kazakh vs 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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German and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of German vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of German and Kazakh language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Kazakh Language History.

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

German vs Kazakh Difficulty

The German vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.

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