Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Olonets
Kazakhstan
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Kazakhstan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Russki
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
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
Branch
Eastern
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Kazakh
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
kaza1248
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Russian and Kazakh Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Russian and Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Kazakh language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Kazakh Difficulty
The Russian vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Kazakh Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Russian and Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.