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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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