Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
National Language
Turkey
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Kazakh language agency
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Azerbaijani Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Merhaba
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
İyi Geceler
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
günaydın
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
lütfen
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
üzgünüm
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
German Name
Türkisch
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Kazahks
Origin
c. 1350
17th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Turkic Family
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Kazakh
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
kaza1248
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Turkish 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 Turkish and Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Kazakh language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Kazakh Difficulty
The Turkish vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.