Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Japan
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
bye
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kazakh
  
japonais
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic