Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Me fal
  
Bye
bye
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kazakh
  
albanais
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Albanians
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic