ISO 639-3 · kazkaz
Turkic family
Kazakh
қазақ тілі
Kazakh is a language of the Kipchak–Nogai branch (Turkic), spoken in Kazakhstan, Russia, China and Mongolia and 8 more countries. Wikidata counts 12.9 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Turkic language in Central Asia, state language of Kazakhstan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kaz- ISO 639-1
kk- Glottocode
kaza1248- Family
- Turkic
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 48.00, 67.00
- Wikipedia
- 167 language editions
12.9 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
12countries
4scripts
4levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kazakh · қазақ тілі |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kazakh language, Qazaq, Qazaq language, Qazaqşa |
| L1 speakers | 12,900,000 (2019) |
| All speakers | 13,161,980 (2009) |
| Written in | Cyrillic, Arabic script, Latin script, Kazakh Braille |
| Official in | Kazakhstan |
| Grammatical cases | 7 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Turkic to Kazakh
The branches above Kazakh, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Kazakhstanofficial · 12 languages in the indexRussia139 languages in the indexChina247 languages in the indexMongolia14 languages in the indexUzbekistan20 languages in the indexTurkmenistan8 languages in the indexGermany36 languages in the indexKyrgyzstan6 languages in the indexTurkey40 languages in the indexIran78 languages in the indexAzerbaijan21 languages in the indexUkraine23 languages in the index
Also spoken in Kazakhstan
rusRussianIndo-European · 110 m1 · NationalazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeukrUkrainianIndo-European · 34.7 m1 · NationaltgkTajikunclassified · 14 m1 · NationaluigUyghurEastern Karluk · 10.4 m2 · ProvincialcheChechenNortheast Caucasian · 1.4 m2 · ProvincialbakBashkirTurkic · 1.2 m2 · ProvincialpntPontic GreekIndo-European · 778,0006a · VigorouschvChuvashTurkic · 738,0702 · ProvincialdngDunganSino-Tibetan · 41,4007 · Shifting