Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-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)
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
متاسف
  
Bye
bye
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
kazakh
  
persan
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Persian people
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic