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Nepali vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Nepal   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
17   
7

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
कृपया   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
bye   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Kazakhstan   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
népalais   
kazakh   

German Name
Nepali   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
19 BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Turkic   

Branch
Indic   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Kazakh   

Language Position
59   
99+
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
npi   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
12   
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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Nepali and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Kazakh language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Nepali and Kazakh Language History.

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Nepali and Kazakh 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 Nepali and Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Kazakh language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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