Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
bye
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
Not Available
  
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
chinois
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Agglutinative