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Kazakh and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
17   
7
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
hallo   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
goeie more   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
asseblief   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
jammer   

Bye
bye   
Not Available   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
kazakh   
afrikaans   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
17th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Germanic   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
93   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
afr   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic   

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All Kazakh and Afrikaans 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 Kazakh and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Kazakh and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kazakh are spoken in different Kazakh Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kazakh vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh, Southern Kazakh. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kazakh and Afrikaans Speaking population

Kazakh and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Kazakh and Afrikaans on Kazakh vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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