Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
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
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
من فضلك
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
آسف
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
وداعا
  
bye
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
Not Available
  
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
arabe
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
512 CE
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative