Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Bonjour
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
désolé
  
Bye
bye
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Français
  
French Name
kazakh
  
français
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic