Kazakh
Turkic language in Central Asia, state language of Kazakhstan
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Summary
Kazakh is a natural language[1]. Kazakh ranks in the top 8% of natural language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,731 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Kazakhstan[3], Russia[4], People's Republic of China[5], Mongolia[6], Uzbekistan[7], Turkmenistan[8], Germany[9], Kyrgyzstan[10], Turkey[11], Iran[12], Azerbaijan[13], Ukraine[14]
- Instance of: modern language[15]
- Subclass of: Kipchak–Nogai[16], Kipchak[17]
- Writing system: Cyrillic script[18], Arabic alphabet[19], Latin script[20], Kazakh Braille[21], Latin alphabet[22]
- Commons category: Kazakh language[23]
- Wikimedia language code: kk[24], kk-cyrl[25], kk-arab[26], kk-latn[27]
- Has part(s): Western Kazakh[28], Northeastern Kazakh[29], Southern Kazakh[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kazakh language[31]
- Described at URL: https://turkic.elegantlexicon.com/lx.php?lx=kaz[32]
- Language regulatory body: Ministry of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan[33]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 12,900,000[34], 13,161,980[35]
- Topic has template: Template:Lang-kz[36], Q112973148[37]
- Native label: қазақ тілі[38], қазақша[39], Qazaq tılı[40], قازاق ٴتىلى[41]
- Short name: казахский[42], казахська[43], qazaxca[44], хъазахаг[45], qazaqsha[46]
- UNESCO language status: 1 safe[47]
- Indigenous to: Kazakhs[48], Qinghai[49], Gansu[50], Xinjiang[51], Kazakhstan[52], Bayan-Ölgii Province[53]
Why It Matters
Kazakh has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Kazakh is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]