Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
sorry
  
Bye
bye
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
kazakh
  
somali
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Somalis
  
Origin
17th Century
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available