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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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