Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Zimbabwe
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
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
Not Available
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Mhoro
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Masikati
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Mangwanani
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Karanga
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
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Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Kasachisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
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Ethnicity
Kazahks
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Origin
17th Century
20th century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Kazakh
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
kaza1248
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Kazakh and Shona 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 Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Shona language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Shona Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.