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Uzbek vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Uzbek


Countries

Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
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
Not Available  
Kazakh language agency  

Interesting Facts
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
  • 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
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Salom  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
Rakhmat  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
Qalay siz?  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
Hayirli tun  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
Hayirli kech  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
Hayirli tong  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
Iltimos  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
Kechiring!  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
Xayr  
bye  

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

Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tashkent  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kazakhstan  

Dialect 2
Afghan  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kazakhstan  

Dialect 3
Ferghana  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kazakhstan  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
34
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
26.00 million  
31
11.00 million  
99+

Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
ouszbek  
kazakh  

German Name
Usbekisch  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Uzbek  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
9th–12th centuries AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Turkic  

Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Chagatay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uzbek  
Kazakh  

Language Position
53  
38
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uz  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uzb  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
uzb  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
uzb  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
uzbe1247  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
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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Uzbek and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Uzbek vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Uzbek and Kazakh language. History of Uzbek language states that this language originated in 9th–12th centuries 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 Uzbek and Kazakh Language History.

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Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uzbek and Kazakh language. Uzbek word for "Hello" is Salom or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Uzbek Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Uzbek vs Kazakh Difficulty

The Uzbek vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uzbek and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uzbek is 44 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.

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