Countries
Norway
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
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 in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Sogn
Kazakhstan
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Kazakhstan
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Origin
c. 1300 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Kazakh
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
norw1258
kaza1248
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
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.