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Yoruba and Kazakh


Kazakh and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Nigeria   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
e dupe   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
Jowo   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
binu   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
bye   
bye   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
yoruba   
kazakh   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
4 BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Turkic   

Branch
Kwa   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Kazakh   

Language Position
49   
36
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
yor   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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All Yoruba and Kazakh Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Yoruba and Kazakh dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Kazakh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Kazakh Dialects are spoken in different Kazakh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Kazakh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh , Southern Kazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Yoruba and Kazakh Speaking population

Yoruba and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Yoruba and Kazakh on Yoruba vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Kazakh Language Codes

Yoruba and Kazakh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Kazakh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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