Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Habari
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Asante
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
tafadhali
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
pole
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Not Available
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
kazakh
swahili
German Name
Kasachisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
17th Century
6th century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kaza1248
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Kazakh and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Swahili language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Swahili Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.