Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
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
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
bye
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
kazakh
  
arménien
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Armenians
  
Origin
17th Century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic