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Kazakh vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
Nigeria   

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   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
Yoruba Academy   

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.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
24   
6
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
17   
7
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
e kaaro   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
Jowo   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
binu   

Bye
bye   
bye   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
kazakh   
yoruba   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
4 BC   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
93   
99+
49   
36

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
yor   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Kazakh and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Yoruba language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC. 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 Yoruba Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Kazakh vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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