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Kazakh language - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Afghan, Afghani, Afrikaans, Ainu, Akan, Akkadian, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquian, Algonquin, Amharic, Anatolian, Andaman, Apache, Arabic, Aramaic, Araucanian, Arawak, Arawakan, Armenian, Aryan, Assamese
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Kazakh, also Kazak and Qazaq (Қазақ тілі, Qazaq tili) is a Turkic language with ISO 639 codes of kaz and kk.

It is the official language of Kazakhstan, and is also spoken traditionally in Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Germany has some Kazakh speakers in the second half of the 20th century and onward. These are mainly descendants of the Volga Germans who were deported to Kazakhstan, mixed with the local population and later returned to Germany.

There are approximately 8.5 million native speakers around the world. It is written using the Cyrillic, the Latin (Turkey), and modified Arabic (China, Iran, Afghanistan) scripts.

The Kazakh Cyrillic script is based on the Russian alphabet with 9 additional letters: Ә, Ғ, Қ, Ң, Ө, Ұ, Ү, Һ, İ.

Cyrillic Qaydar Latin
transliteration
А а A a
Ә ә Ä ä
Б б B b
В в V v
Г г G g
Ғ ғ Ğ ğ
Д д D d
Е е E e
Ё ё Yo yo
Ж ж J j
З з Z z
И и Iy iy
Й й Y y
К к K k
Қ қ Q q
Л л L l
М м M m
Н н N n
Ң ң Ñ ñ
О о O o
Ө ө Ö ö
П п P p
Р р R r
С с S s
Т т T t
У у W w
Ұ ұ U u
Ү ү Ü ü
Ф ф F f
Х х X x
Һ һ H h
Ц ц C c
Ч ч Ç ç
Ш ш Ş ş
Щ щ  ?
Ъ ъ  ?
Ы ы I ı
İ і İ i
Ь ь  ?
Э э E e
Ю ю Yu yu
Я я Ya ya


See also: Kazakh, Languages of China

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