Kazakh is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch, spoken in Central Asia by the Kazakhs. It is the official language of Kazakhstan and has official status in the Altai Republic of Russia.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2021 census estimate. RegionCentral Asia (Turkestan) 1 Classification
Official Status Kazakh
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Kazakh is standardly written in the Cyrillic alphabet in Kazakhstan (a Latin transition has been announced but Cyrillic remains standard in current use).
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1. Wikipedia: Kazakh Language
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Kazakh is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch, spoken in Central Asia by the Kazakhs. It is closely related to Nogai, Kyrgyz, and Karakalpak. It is the official language of Kazakhstan and has official status in the Altai Republic of Russia. It is also a minority language in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China, and in the Bayan-Ölgii Province of western Mongolia. The language is also spoken by many ethnic Kazakhs throughout the former Soviet Union, as well as in Germany and Turkey.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
kaz
Infobox, Speakers
16 million (2021 census)
Infobox, Region
Central Asia (Turkestan)
Official status, Kazakh entity page
It is the official language of Kazakhstan and has official status in the Altai Republic of Russia.
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