Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1729
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Silaw
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Sipas
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Bayanit bash
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bibûre
Bye
bye
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
11.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.17 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
18.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
kazakh
kurde
German Name
Kasachisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Kurds
Origin
17th Century
16th century CE
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Kurdish
Language Position
9314
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
kk
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
kur
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
kur
ISO 639 3
kaz
kur
ISO 639 6
kaz
kur
Glottocode
kaza1248
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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