Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Russia
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Afganistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
bye
  
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Olonets
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Olonets
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Novgorod
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Novgorod
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million
  
6
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
166.00 million
  
8
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million
  
7
Not Available
  
Native Name
Русский
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Russki
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
russe
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Russisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Russians
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ru
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
rus
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
rus
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
rus
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
russ1263
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative