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English vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
33  
2

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

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

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
Hello  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
How are you?  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
Good Morning  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
Please  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
Sorry  

Bye
bye  
Bye  

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

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
American English  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
English  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Not Available  

French Name
kazakh  
anglais  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Not Available  

History

Origin
17th Century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Not Available  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Standard English  

Language Position
93  
99+
3  
3

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
eng  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Kazakh and English Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and English language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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

Kazakh vs English Difficulty

The Kazakh vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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