Kazakh language
Kazakh (ISO 639-3 code kaz) is a language of the Turkic family spoken in 10 countries. It has about 15,000,000 speakers.
Kazakh dictionary: 14,310 entries on Glottosphere. Open the Kazakh dictionary
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | kaz |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | kaza1248 |
| Family | Turkic |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Speakers (estimate) | 15,000,000 |
Related languages
Other Turkic languages, nearest first.
- Turkish90,000,000 speakers
- Bashkir1,200,000 speakers
- Yakut456,288 speakers
- Tuvinian242,754 speakers
- Crimean Tatar100,000 speakers
- Salar95,000 speakers
- Nogai70,000 speakers
- Khalaj20,000 speakers
- Southern Altai20,000 speakers
- Ainu (China)12,000 speakers
- Northern Altai10,000 speakers
- Shor10,000 speakers
More about Kazakh
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.