Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
bye
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Abkhazia
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Caucasus
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
kazakh
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
17th Century
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Abkhaz
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative