Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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.
  
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
bye
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Lettish
  
French Name
kazakh
  
letton
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Kazakh and Latvian 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 Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Latvian language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Latvian Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Latvian 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 Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.