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Swahili and Kazakh


Kazakh and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
3   
12

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
Asante   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
tafadhali   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
pole   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
bye   
bye   

I Love You
nakupenda   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Kazakhstan   

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Kazakhstan   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
swahili   
kazakh   

German Name
Swahili   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
6th century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Turkic   

Branch
Bantu   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Kazakh   

Language Position
Not Available   
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
swa   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swah1254   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Swahili 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 Swahili and Kazakh dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Kazakh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Kazakh Dialects are spoken in different Kazakh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Kazakh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh , Southern Kazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Kazakh Speaking population

Swahili and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili and Kazakh on Swahili vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Kazakh Language Codes

Swahili and Kazakh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Kazakh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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