Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
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.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
bye
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
25
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kazakh
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1561
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic