Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
-
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2434
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1726
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Salam
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
chone tao?
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
jawáin sawáh
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Baluchi
French Name
kazakh
baloutchi
German Name
Kasachisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
17th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
-
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Balochi
Language Position
9339
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kk
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
bal
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
bal
ISO 639 3
kaz
bal
ISO 639 6
kaz
bal
Glottocode
kaza1248
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-