Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
bye
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Kartli
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
kazakh
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Georgians
  
Origin
17th Century
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Southern
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Modern Georgian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic