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Kazakh language

NameKazakh
Nativename ,  ,  
Pronunciation-kkqɑzɑq ˈtlə
FamilycolorAltaic
StatesKazakhstan Kazakhstan
China China
Mongolia Mongolia
Afghanistan Afghanistan
Tajikistan Tajikistan
Turkey Turkey
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
Ukraine Ukraine
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Russia Russia
Iran Iran
RegionCentral Asia
Speakers8 � 8.3 million
Kazakhstan: 9,982,276 (2009)
Fam1Turkic
Fam2Kipchak
Fam3Kipchak � Nogay
NationKazakhstan
ScriptCyrillic alphabet, Latin alphabet, Arabic alphabet
Iso1kk|iso2=kaz|iso3=kaz
NoticeIPA

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Kazakh (also Qazaq and variants, natively , , ; pronounced [qɑzɑq tˈlə]) is a Turkic language closely related to Nogai and Karakalpak.

Kazakh is an agglutinative language, and it employs vowel harmony.


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