Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
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.