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Kazakh vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
Ukraine   

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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
24   
6
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
22   
12

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
будь ласк   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
bye   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Not Available   

French Name
kazakh   
ukrainien   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1561   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Slavic   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
93   
99+
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Kazakh and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Ukrainian language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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Kazakh and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Ukrainian language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kazakh vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The Kazakh vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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