Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Middle East
  
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
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
bye
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kazakh
  
kurde
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Kurds
  
Origin
17th Century
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available