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Kazakh vs Korean


Korean vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
5   
10

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
North Korea, South Korea   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
21   
18

How Many Consonants
17   
7
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
bye   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
kazakh   
coréen   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Koreans   

History

Origin
17th Century   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
93   
99+
12   
11

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
kor   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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Kazakh and Korean Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Korean language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. 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 Korean Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Korean Difficulty

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

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