Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
European Union, Finland
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Estonia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland
  
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.
  
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Finnish-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)
  
Moi
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Kiitos
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Mitä kuuluu?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
hyvää yötä
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Hyvää iltaa
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Hyvää iltapäivää
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Hyvää huomenta
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
haluta
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Anteeksi
  
Bye
bye
  
Heippa
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Minä rakastan sinua
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Anteeksi
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Colloquial Finnish
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Finland
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Rauma
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Finland, Rauma
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Meänkieli
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Finland, Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
5.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
5.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
0.01 million
  
39
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
suomi / suomen kieli
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Suomi
  
French Name
kazakh
  
finnois
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Finnisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[ˈsuomi]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
ethnic Finns
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1543
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Finnic language
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
standard Finnish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Finnish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
fi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
fin
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
fin
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
fin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
finn1318
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic