Сәлем!
say it: “SAH-lem”
Kazakh
in its own words: қазақ тілі
- Speakers
- 14 million (estimate)
- Family
- Turkic
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Afghanistan, People's Republic of China, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Script
- Cyrillic, Arabic
- Official language
- Kazakhstan
Fun fact
Kazakh is gradually switching from Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet; the government plans to complete the transition in the 2030s.