Kazakh language

Kazakh
qazaqşa or qazaq tılı қазақша or қазақ тілі قازاقشا or قازاق تىلى
Pronunciation	qɑzɑqˈɕɑ qɑˈzɑq tɘlɘ
Native to	Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, Altai Republic (Russia), Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Serbia, Romania, Greece, Moldova, Ukraine, Bulgaria
Region	Central Asia (Turkestan)
Ethnicity	Kazakhs
Native speakers	22 million (2019)[1]
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Kipchak Kipchak–Nogai Kazakh
Writing system	Kazakh alphabets (Latin script, Cyrillic script, Arabic script, Kazakh Braille)
Official status
Official language in	Kazakhstan Altai Republic[2]  China Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Barköl Kazakh Autonomous County Mori Kazakh Autonomous County Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County Organisations: Turkic Council Collective Security Treaty Organization
Regulated by	Kazakh language agency
Language codes
ISO 639-1	kk
ISO 639-2	kaz
ISO 639-3	kaz
Glottolog	kaza1248
Linguasphere	44-AAB-cc
The Kazakh-speaking world:   regions where Kazakh is the language of the majority   regions where Kazakh is the language of a significant minority
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Kazakh is a Turkic language that is mostly spoken in Kazakhstan, a country in Central Asia. It, along with Russian, is one of Kazakhstan's official languages.^[3]

1. ↑ "Kazakh".
2. ↑ "Статья 4. Правовое положение языков | ГАРАНТ".
3. ↑ Hays, Jeffrey. "LANGUAGES IN KAZAKHSTAN | Facts and Details". factsanddetails.com. Retrieved 2018-10-28.