Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Azerbaijan, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
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
  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Turkish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Osmanly language
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Təşəkkür edirəm
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
necəsən
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
yaxşı gecə
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Axşamınız xeyir
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Günortanız Xeyir
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Sabahınız xeyir
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
lütfən
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
üzr
  
Bye
bye
  
xudafiz
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Mən səni sevirəm
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Bağışlayın
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Derbent
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Russia
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Gazakh
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Azerbaijan
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Baku
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Azerbaijan
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
26.00 million
  
39
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
23.00 million
  
34
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
  
French Name
kazakh
  
azéri
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Aserbeidschanisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Azerbaijani
  
Origin
17th Century
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Azerbaijani
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
az
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
aze
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
aze
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
aze
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
azer1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative