Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
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 in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.