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Kazakh vs Japanese


Japanese vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

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

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
14  
4

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
bye  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Not Available  

French Name
kazakh  
japonais  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1185  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Not Available  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Japanese  

Language Position
93  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Kazakh and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Japanese language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Japanese Difficulty

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

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