Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2444
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1729
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
kazakh
pachto
German Name
Kasachisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Pashtun
Origin
17th Century
1651
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
9382
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kk
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
pus
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
pus
ISO 639 3
kaz
pus
ISO 639 6
kaz
pus
Glottocode
kaza1248
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional