1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Gambia, Kazakhstan
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Kazakh language agency
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Molo
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
3.8 Please
Ndicela
өтінемін (ötinemin)
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Northeastern Kazakh
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million11.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million11.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Kazahks
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Northwestern (Kipchak)
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative