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Xhosa vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
South Africa  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Kazakh language agency  

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.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
43  
32
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
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
Molo  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
Ndicela  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
bye  

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

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Kazakhstan  

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Kazakhstan  

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Kazakhstan  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
Not Available  

Native Name
isiXhosa  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
xhosa  
kazakh  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa  
Kazakh  

Language Position
Not Available  
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
xho  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Xhosa and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Kazakh language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century 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 Xhosa and Kazakh Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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