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Kazakh and Russian


Russian and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
4   
11

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
24   
6
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
17   
7
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
bye   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Russki   

French Name
kazakh   
russe   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Russians   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Slavic   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
93   
99+
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
rus   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Kazakh and Russian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kazakh and Russian dialects. Various dialects of Kazakh and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kazakh are spoken in different Kazakh Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kazakh vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh, Southern Kazakh. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kazakh and Russian Speaking population

Kazakh and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kazakh and Russian on Kazakh vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Russian Language Codes

Kazakh and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kazakh and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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