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Kazakh Language



Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia

Total No. Of Countries
3 12

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

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
24 6

Phonology

How Many Vowels
5 2

How Many Consonants
17 7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

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!)

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00 31

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00 28

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00 25

Total No. Of Dialects
3 3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million 51

Speaking Population
0.17 % 50

Native Speakers
11.00 million 45

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million 32

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

History

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 72

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language

Scope
Individual

Code

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

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Origin of Kazakh language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Kazakh language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Kazakh language states that it was put to use in 17th Century. The history of Kazakh language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Kazakh Language History. Kazakh has no early forms. Kazakh is the standard form of Kazakh language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Kazakh Language.

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Kazakh population

Kazakh population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Kazakh language. Kazakh language is spoken by 11.00 million people in the world. Most of the Kazakh population lies in the Kazakh Speaking Countries. Kazakh language is spoken as first language by 11.00 million people and as second language by about 18.00 million people. Get to know Kazakh speaking population in detail.

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Kazakh writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Kazakh writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Kazakh language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic, Cyrillic script is used by Kazakh language. Learn more about . 

Information about Kazakh language

Check out all the information about Kazakh language here. You may find it interesting to learn Kazakh Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Kazakh Speaking Countries, Kazakh speaking continents and Kazakh Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Kazakh countries knowing common Kazakh Greetings will help you in communicating with Kazakh people.

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