Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Turkey, Uzbekistan
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Middle East
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
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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.
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Salom
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Rakhmat
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Qalay siz?
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Hayirli tun
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Hayirli kech
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Hayirli kun
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Hayirli tong
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Iltimos
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Kechiring!
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Sizni sevaman
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Iltimos! Menga qarang
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Tashkent
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
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Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Afghan
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
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Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Ferghana
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
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Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
kazakh
ouszbek
German Name
Kasachisch
Usbekisch
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
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Origin
17th Century
9th–12th centuries AD
Language Family
Turkic Family
Turkic Family
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Southestern(Chagatai)
Early Forms
No early forms
Chagatay
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Uzbek
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
kaza1248
uzbe1247
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Kazakh and Uzbek Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kazakh and Uzbek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Uzbek language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Uzbek word for "Thank You" is Rakhmat. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Uzbek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Uzbek Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Uzbek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Uzbek Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kazakh and Uzbek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Uzbek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Uzbek time required is 44 weeks.