Home
Languagevs


Norwegian vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Norway   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia, Europe   

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

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
takk   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
god natt   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
god kveld   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
god morgen   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
Vær så snill   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
unnskyld   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
ha det   
bye   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Kazakhstan   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
kazakh   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Turkic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Kazakh   

Language Position
Not Available   
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
nor   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

Countries >>
<< All

Norwegian and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Kazakh language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD 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 Norwegian and Kazakh Language History.

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

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

Norwegian vs Kazakh Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.

Easiest Languages to Learn

Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Easiest Languages to Learn

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Compare Easiest Languages to Learn