Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
National Language
Somalia
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Kazakh language agency
Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
- 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
Afar and Oromo Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Evening Good
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Fadlan
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Kazakhstan
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Kazakhstan
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Kazakhstan
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
somali
kazakh
German Name
Somali
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Kazahks
Origin
19th century
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Turkic Family
Branch
Not Available
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Kazakh
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
kaza1248
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Somali 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 Somali and Kazakh dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Kazakh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Kazakh Dialects are spoken in different Kazakh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Kazakh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh , Southern Kazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Kazakh Speaking population
Somali and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available 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 Somali and Kazakh on Somali vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Kazakh Language Codes
Somali and Kazakh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Kazakh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
