Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Norway
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Norway
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Norwegian Language Council
  
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.
  
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-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)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
takk
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
god morgen
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
bye
  
ha det
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Sogn
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Norsk
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Norsk
  
French Name
kazakh
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
17th Century
  
c. 1300 AD
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Kazakh and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Norwegian language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.