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Kazakh language Wikipedia

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|states=Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
|region=
|speakers=8 million|rank=93
|family=Altaic languages|Altaic
&nbsp;Turkic languages|Turkic<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Western Turkic<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Aralo-Caspian<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kazakh
|nation=Kazakhstan
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|iso1=kk|iso2=kaz|sil=KAZ

Kazak, also Kazakh and Qazaq (Қазақ тілі, Qazaq til?) is a Turkic languages|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 Kazak speakers in the second half of the 20th century and onward. These are mainly descendants of the Volga Germans who were deported to Kazakstan, 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 alphabet|Cyrillic, the Latin alphabet|Latin (Turkey), and modified Arabic alphabet|Arabic (China, Iran, Afghanistan) scripts.

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

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

See also: Kazakh, Languages of China

Last Modified:   2005-04-13