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Kazakh and Somali


Somali and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
24   
6
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
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   

History

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   

Language Position
93   
99+
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Kazakh and Somali Speaking population

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

Kazakh and Somali Language Codes

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

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