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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  

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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.

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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.

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