Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
ND
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
ND
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
ND
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
ND
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
ND
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
ND
  
Bye
bye
  
ND
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
kazakh
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
17th Century
  
14
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Modern Khmer
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic, Isolating