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Kazakh and Russian


Russian and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
bye  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Russki  

French Name
kazakh  
russe  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Russians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Slavic  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
93  
99+
7  
7

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
rus  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
rus  

ISO 639 6
kaz  
rus  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Kazakh and Russian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kazakh and Russian dialects. Various dialects of Kazakh and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kazakh are spoken in different Kazakh Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kazakh vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh, Southern Kazakh. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kazakh and Russian Speaking population

Kazakh and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kazakh and Russian on Kazakh vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Russian Language Codes

Kazakh and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kazakh and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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