Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
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.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
24
Rank: 6 (Overall)
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
17
Rank: 7 (Overall)
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
bye
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00
Rank: 31 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00
Rank: 28 (Overall)
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00
Rank: 25 (Overall)
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %
Rank: 50 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
kazakh
German Name
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Origin
17th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Language Position
93
Rank: 72 (Overall)
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
ISO 639 1
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
ISO 639 3
kaz
ISO 639 6
kaz
Glottocode
kaza1248
Linguasphere
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative