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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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