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Kazakh vs German


German vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
7   
8

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
17   
7
9   
1

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
hallo   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
Danke   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
guten Morgen   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
bitte   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
Verzeihung   

Bye
bye   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
kazakh   
allemand   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Germans   

History

Origin
17th Century   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Germanic   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
93   
99+
9   
9

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
ger   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Kazakh and German Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and German language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German Language History.

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

Kazakh vs German Difficulty

The Kazakh vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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