Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- 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
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Please
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
Bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
I love you
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
Not Available
  
Native Name
English
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
anglais
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative