Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
India
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
bye
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
kazakh
  
santal
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
17th Century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Santali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available