Countries
Japan
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Japan
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
bye
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
japonais
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
1185
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative