Languages

Kazakh

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Language: Kazakh
Alternate names:: Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
SIL-code: Ethnologue:kaz
Language family: Altaic, Turkic, Western, Aralo-Caspian
Number of speakers: 5,290,000
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Introduction
- Dialects
The Kazakh Verb
- Sample Verbs

Introduction

Kazakh is a language of Kazakhstan. It is spoken in Also in China, Germany, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan. .

Dialects

Northeastern Kazakh, Southern Kazakh, Western Kazakh. Minor dialect differences.

The Kazakh Verb

Sample Verbs

to bite	tɨste-
to blow	ʤel soq-
to breathe	demɑl-
to burn	øt qoj-
to buy	sɑtəp ɑl-
to chew	ʃɑjnɑ-
to choose	sɑjlɑ-
to climb	ʃəq-
to come	kel-
to cook	pɨsɨr-
to count	sɑnɑ-
to cry	ʤəlɑ-
to cut, hack	kes-
to die, be dead	øl-
to dig	qɑz-
to dream	tyskør-
to drink	ɨʃ-
to eat	ʤe-
to fall	tys-
to fear	qorəq-
to flow	ɑq-
to fly	uʃ-
to grow	øs-
to hear	estɨ-
to hide	ʤɑsərən-
to hit	ur-
to hold	ustɑ-
to hunt	ɑŋ ɑwlɑ-
to kill	øltɨr-
to know, be knowledgeable	bɨl-
to laugh	kyl-
to lie down	ʤɑt-
to live, be alive	ømɨr syr-
to open, uncover	ɑʃu-
to plant	ek-
to say	ɑjt-
to scratch	tərnɑ-
to see	kør-
to sew	tɨg-
to shoot	tɨj-
to sit	otər-
to sleep	ujəqtɑ-
to sniff, smell	ɨjɨske-
to spit	tykɨr-
to split	ʤɑr-
to squeeze	bɑs-
to stab, pierce	qɑdɑ-
to stand	tur-
to steal	urlɑ-
to suck	jem-
to swell	ɨs-
to swim	mɑlt-
to think	ojlɑ-
to throw	lɑqtər-
to tie up, fasten	bɑjlɑ-
to turn	burəl-
to walk	ʤyr-
to vomit	qus-
to work	ʤer ʤərt-
to yawn	esɨne-

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