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Kazakh and Cantonese


Cantonese and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
China, Guangdong   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
17   
7
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
您好   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
你好吗?   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
晚安   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
下午好   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
早上好   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
请   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
遗憾   

Bye
bye   
再见   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
outside mainland China   

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Hong Kong   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Hong Kong   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
kazakh   
Not Available   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th Century   
17th century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
93   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Kazakh and Cantonese Speaking population

Kazakh and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Kazakh vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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