Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Total No. Of Countries
311
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2429
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1721
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Merhaba
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Nasılsın?
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Tünaydın
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
günaydın
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
lütfen
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
üzgünüm
Bye
bye
Hoşçakal
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0026,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00480,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
39
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million75.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.95 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Anatolian, Türkisch
French Name
kazakh
turc
German Name
Kasachisch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Turkish
Origin
17th Century
c. 1350
Language Family
Turkic Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Turkic
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Language Position
9319
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kk
tr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
tur
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
tur
ISO 639 3
kaz
tur
ISO 639 6
kaz
tur
Glottocode
kaza1248
nucl1301
Linguasphere
No data available
44-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic