Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Turkish Language Association
  
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.
  
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Azerbaijani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Merhaba
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
teşekkür ederim
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Nasılsın?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
İyi Geceler
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
İyi Akşamlar
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Tünaydın
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
günaydın
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
lütfen
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
üzgünüm
  
Bye
bye
  
Hoşçakal
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Seni seviyorum
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Afedersiniz
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
26,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Crimean Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Gagauz
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
23
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Türkçe
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
French Name
kazakh
  
turc
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Türkisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Turkish
  
Origin
17th Century
  
c. 1350
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Turkish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
tr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
tur
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
tur
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
tur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
nucl1301
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic