Kazakh
Fact corner
- 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
- Script:
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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- |