Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
France
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
- 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
Italian Language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
désolé
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
au revoir
  
bye
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
français
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
9th Century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative