Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-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)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
God morgen
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Please
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
bye
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
kazakh
  
danois
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
17th Century
  
c. 1100 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 Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional