Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2421
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1719
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Bwakeye
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Urakoze
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Mwaramutse
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Ndasubiza
Bye
bye
N’agasaga
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Ha
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Shubi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
11.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.17 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million8.80 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
18.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
kazakh
rundi
German Name
Kasachisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
17th Century
1500
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
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
Kirundi
Language Position
9386
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
kk
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
run
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
run
ISO 639 3
kaz
run
ISO 639 6
kaz
run
Glottocode
kaza1248
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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