Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Belarus, Poland
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Belarus, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Poland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
dobry dzień
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Dziakuj
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Jak vy ?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Dabranač
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Dobry viečar
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
dobry dzień
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Dobraj ranicy
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Kali laska
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Vybačajcie
  
Bye
bye
  
da pabačennia
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Vybačajcie
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
North-East Belarus
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
South-Western Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
South-West Belarus
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Middle Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Middle Belarus
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
9.63 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.89 million
  
26
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
French Name
kazakh
  
biélorusse
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Weißrussisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Belarusians
  
Origin
17th Century
  
18th century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Belarusian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
be
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
bel
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
bel
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
bel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
bela1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available