Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
China, Mongolia
  
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
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
bye
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kazakh
  
mongol
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available