Kazakh language

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/kazakh-language

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the language family?Turkic languages (Kipchak branch)
2. What is the number of speakers?Approximately 13 million people
3. Where is Kazakh spoken?It is the official language of Kazakhstan and is also spoken by communities in China, Russia, Uzbekistan, and Mongolia.
4. How many people speak Kazakh?About 13 million people use Kazakh as their native language.

Turkic languages: A language family originating in Central Asia, encompassing languages like Turkish, Uzbek, and Kazakh.
Vowel harmony: A phonological rule where vowels within a word and its affixes share certain phonetic features (e.g., frontness or backness).
Agglutination: A morphological process where distinct affixes are added to a root word, each conveying a specific grammatical or semantic meaning.
Orthography: The conventional spelling system of a language.