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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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