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Kazakh vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
17   
7
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
hallo   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
goeie more   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
asseblief   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
jammer   

Bye
bye   
Not Available   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
kazakh   
afrikaans   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
17th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Germanic   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
93   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
afr   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic   

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Kazakh and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Afrikaans language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kazakh and Afrikaans Language History.

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Kazakh and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kazakh and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Afrikaans language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kazakh vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Kazakh vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kazakh and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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