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Igbo vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Nigeria   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
dalụ   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
Biko   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
Ndo   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
Not Available   
bye   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Kazakhstan   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
igbo   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
igbo   
kazakh   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Kazakh   

Language Position
57   
99+
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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Igbo and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Kazakh language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC 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 Igbo and Kazakh Language History.

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

Igbo vs Kazakh Difficulty

The Igbo vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo 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 Igbo and Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.

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