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Name:
Kazakh
Alternate Names:
Kazak; Kaisak; Kosach; Qazaq; Kazakhi; Qazaqi; Kazax; Hazake; Gazaqi
Spoken in:
Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, China, Germany, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey
Number of speakers:
5,290,000 in Kazakhstan (1979 census). Population total all countries: 8,331,950
(Ethnologue)
Code:
kaz
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Turkic
Parent Subgroup:
South Kipchak; Aralo-Caspian (sstu)
Child Dialects:
Southern Kazakh; Southern (kaz-sou)
Northeastern Kazakh; Northeastern (kaz-nor)
Western Kazakh; Western (kaz-wes)
Map of Kazakh
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