Kazakh language

Kazakh
qazaqşa or qazaq tılı
қазақша or қазақ тілі
قازاقشا or قازاق تىلى
Pronunciationqɑzɑqˈɕɑ
qɑˈzɑq tɘlɘ
Native toKazakhstan, China, Mongolia, Altai Republic (Russia), Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Serbia, Romania, Greece, Moldova, Ukraine, Bulgaria
RegionCentral Asia
(Turkestan)
EthnicityKazakhs
Native speakers
22 million (2019)[1]
Turkic
Kazakh alphabets (Latin script, Cyrillic script, Arabic script, Kazakh Braille)
Official status
Official language in
 Kazakhstan
Altai Republic[2]

 China


Regulated byKazakh language agency
Language codes
ISO 639-1kk
ISO 639-2kaz
ISO 639-3kaz
Glottologkaza1248
Linguasphere44-AAB-cc
The Kazakh-speaking world:
  regions where Kazakh is the language of the majority
  regions where Kazakh is the language of a significant minority
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Kazakhstani stamp with Cyrillic Kazakh text

Kazakh is a Turkic language that is mostly spoken in Kazakhstan, a country in Central Asia. It, along with Russian, is one of Kazakhstan's official languages.[3]

  1. "Kazakh".
  2. "Статья 4. Правовое положение языков | ГАРАНТ".
  3. Hays, Jeffrey. "LANGUAGES IN KAZAKHSTAN | Facts and Details". factsanddetails.com. Retrieved 2018-10-28.

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