Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Russia
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Kazakh language agency
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3324
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2117
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
bye
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
30,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Olonets
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Olonets
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
154,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Novgorod
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
154,000,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
133
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
276.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
2.33 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
166.00 million11.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Русский
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Russki
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
russe
kazakh
German Name
Russisch
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Russians
Kazahks
Origin
1000 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Turkic
Branch
Eastern
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Kazakh
Language Position
793
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ru
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
rus
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
rus
kaz
ISO 639 3
rus
kaz
ISO 639 6
rus
kaz
Glottocode
russ1263
kaza1248
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative