Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
- 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
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Not Available
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
bye
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Kazakh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative