Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
bye
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
kazakh
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional