Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Laos
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
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
  
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.
  
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
bye
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
  
French Name
kazakh
  
lao
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Tai
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Isolating