Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
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.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
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