Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, 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
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
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.
  
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
آسف
  
Bye
bye
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
452.00 million
  
4
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
kazakh
  
arabe
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Arabs
  
Origin
17th Century
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic