Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
bye
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
kazakh
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available