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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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