Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2430
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1724
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Ħello
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Grazzi
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Kif int?
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Skużani!
Bye
bye
Ċaw
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Qormi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Malta
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Malta
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Not Present
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
-
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Malti
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Malti
French Name
kazakh
maltais
German Name
Kasachisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Maltese
Origin
17th Century
c. 1470
Language Family
Turkic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Semitic
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Maltese
Language Position
9325
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kk
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
mlt
ISO 639 3
kaz
mlt
ISO 639 6
kaz
mlt
Glottocode
kaza1248
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic