Countries
South Africa
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
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 in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.