Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
bye
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
kazakh
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic