Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
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.
- 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 in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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