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Kazakh vs Amharic


Amharic vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
Ethiopia   

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   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
24   
6
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
17   
7
31   
21

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Ethiopic   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
Selam   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
aznallehu   

Bye
bye   
tschao   

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

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

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

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
kazakh   
amharique   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Amharas   

History

Origin
17th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Semitic   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Amharic   

Language Position
93   
99+
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
amh   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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Kazakh and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Amharic language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Amharic Language History.

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Kazakh and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Amharic language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kazakh vs Amharic Difficulty

The Kazakh vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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