Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
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.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
bye
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
India, Nepal
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
kazakh
  
népalais
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
17th Century
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Nepali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative