Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Germany
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Albanian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Danke
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
gute Nacht
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
guten Abend
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
guten Morgen
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
bitte
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Swiss German
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Switzerland
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
101.00 million
  
10
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
  
5
Not Available
  
Native Name
Deutsch
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
allemand
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Deutsch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Germans
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
6th Century AD
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Western
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
de
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
ger
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
deu
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
deus
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative