Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
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
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
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.
  
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
bye
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
kazakh
  
pachto
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1651
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional