Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1727
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
bye
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Laos
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Laos
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Laos
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
11.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.17 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
18.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
kazakh
lao
German Name
Kasachisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Lao people
Origin
17th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Turkic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Tai
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Lao
Language Position
9343
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kk
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
lao
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
lao
ISO 639 3
kaz
lao
ISO 639 6
kaz
lao
Glottocode
kaza1248
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating