Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Hawaii
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
您好
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
谢谢
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
你好吗？
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
晚安
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
下午好
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
早上好
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
请
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
遗憾
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
我爱你
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Hong Kong
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
kazakh
Not Available
German Name
Kasachisch
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Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
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Ethnicity
Kazahks
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Origin
17th Century
17th century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Turkic
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Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
kk
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
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ISO 639 2/B
kaz
Not Available
ISO 639 3
kaz
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
kaza1248
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Kazakh and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Cantonese language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.