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Kazakh vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Bye
bye  
再见  

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

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
原谅我  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

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  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Not Available  

History

Origin
17th Century  
17th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Not Available  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
93  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Kazakh and Cantonese Language History

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

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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.

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