Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
South Africa
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Good Morning
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Please
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Sorry
  
Bye
bye
  
Bye
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kazakh
  
anglais
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
5th Century AD
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Standard English
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic