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Kazakh vs Chinese


Chinese vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
5   
10

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
China, Taiwan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
24   
19

How Many Consonants
17   
7
23   
13

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
bye   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

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

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Not Available   

French Name
kazakh   
chinois   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Han   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1250 BC   

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 Chinese   

Language Position
93   
99+
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
chi   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Kazakh and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Chinese language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Chinese Difficulty

The Kazakh vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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