Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.