Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
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Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2462
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1760
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
амритана
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Амарахь
Bye
bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
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Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Sadz
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Turkey
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
11.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.17 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
18.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
kazakh
abkhaze
German Name
Kasachisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Abkhaz people
Origin
17th Century
c. 1650
Language Family
Turkic Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Turkic
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Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Abkhaz
Language Position
9328
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kk
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
abk
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
abk
ISO 639 3
kaz
abk
ISO 639 6
kaz
abks
Glottocode
kaza1248
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative