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Kazakh and Swahili


Swahili and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
4   
11

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
Habari   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
Asante   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
tafadhali   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
pole   

Bye
bye   
bye   

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

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Zanzibar island   

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
kazakh   
swahili   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
17th Century   
6th century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Swahili   

Language Position
93   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
swa   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Kazakh and Swahili Speaking population

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

Kazakh and Swahili Language Codes

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

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