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Somali and Kazakh


Kazakh and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
bye   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

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   

History

Origin
19th century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Kazakh   

Language Position
83   
99+
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
som   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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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.

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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.

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