Kazakh
Language
Kazakh
dialects, Kazakh alphabet, Kazak orthography, Kazakh
language history and sources
Kazakh
language
Kazakh:
Official language of the
Number
of Kazakh Speakers: Eight million, including 6.5 million in
Kazakh
Speakers: In Kazakhstan, Southern Siberia, Northern China
(1.2 million), Northeastern of Mongolia, Turkey, Germany,
Iran, and Afghanistan.
Language Classification: Central Turkic (or Aralo-Caspian)
language family. This family includes Turkish, Kyrgyz,
Azerbaijani (Azeri), Uigur, Kazakh, and Uzbek.
Kazakh
Dialects: Three. Kazakh Alphabet: In Arabic until 1929, Roman alphabet from 1929 to 1940, and Cyrillic after 1940 with the Soviet regime. Eight vowels and 26 consonants. In addition to 33 Cyrillic characters, there are additional Kazakh characters. There are six cases. |
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Kazakh
Orthography: Cyrillic scripts are used for many Turkic
languages such as new state-languages such as Kazakh.
Kazakh
orthography has similarities with Turkish orthography.
Kazakh
Language History: Earliest Turkic scripts go back to 700
A.D. Soviet rule hindered developments and reforms in the
language.
Kazakh
Language Enriched by: Arabic, Persian, and modern Russian.
Kazakh
Standardization Efforts: Kazakh language was modified in
1954.
Unique
Features of Kazakh: Stress is on the last syllable. Kazaks
have a rich and ancient tradition of poetry.
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