Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
China, Taiwan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
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.
  
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
请 (Qǐng)
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Bye
bye
  
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Mandarin
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Wu
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
China, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Yue
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
1,051.00 million
  
2
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
873.00 million
  
1
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
178.00 million
  
3
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kazakh
  
chinois
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Chinesisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Han
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1250 BC
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Standard Chinese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
zh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
zho
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
chi
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
zho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
sini1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
79-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic, Isolating