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Kazakh and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
3   
12

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
17   
7

Scripts
Hangul   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
bye   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Kazakhstan   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
coréen   
kazakh   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Kazakh   

Language Position
12   
11
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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All Korean and Kazakh Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Kazakh dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Kazakh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Kazakh Dialects are spoken in different Kazakh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Kazakh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh , Southern Kazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Kazakh Speaking population

Korean and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Kazakh on Korean vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Kazakh Language Codes

Korean and Kazakh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Kazakh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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