Countries
Japan
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Palau
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Kazakh language agency
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9924
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1417
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
bye
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
kansai
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million11.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
japonais
kazakh
German Name
Japanisch
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Kazahks
Origin
1185
17th Century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
-
Turkic
Branch
-
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Kazakh
Language Position
893
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
kaz
ISO 639 3
jpn
kaz
ISO 639 6
jpn
kaz
Glottocode
nucl1643
kaza1248
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative