Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
China
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
China
  
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
  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
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.
  
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Uzbek Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Gokturk Language
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
rakhmat
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
birdam
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
kachurung
  
Bye
bye
  
Khayr khosh
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Kachurung
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Turpan
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
China
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Hotan
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
China
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Lop Nur
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
China
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
10.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
8.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
French Name
kazakh
  
ouïgour
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Uigurisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Uyghur
  
Origin
17th Century
  
11
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Uyghur
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
ug
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
uig
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
uig
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
uig
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
uigh1240
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available