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abjads |
alphabets |
syllabic alphabets |
syllabaries |
semanto-phonetic scripts
undeciphered scripts |
alternative scripts |
your con-scripts |
A-Z index |
Direction index
Kazakh or Qazaq is a Turkic language spoken in Kazakhstan, Russia and China by about 8 million people. Kazakh was first written with the Arabic script during the 19th century when a number of poets, educated in Islamic schools, incited revolt against Russia. Russia's response was to set up secular schools and devise a way of writing Kazakh with the Cyrillic alphabet, which was not widely accepted. By 1917, the Arabic script was reintroduced, even in schools and local government.
In 1927, Kazakh nationalist movement sprang up but was soon suppressed. At the same time the Arabic script was banned and the Latin alphabet was imposed for writing Kazakh. The Latin alphabet was in turn replaced by the Cyrillic alphabet in 1940.
Barlyq adamdar tumysynan azat ǧäne qadîr-qasietî men kûqyqtary teŋ bolyp düniege keledî. Adamdarġa aqyl-parasat, ar-oǧdan berîlgen, sondyqtan olar bîr-bîrîmen tuystyq, bauyrmaldyq qarym-qatynas ǧasaulary tiîs.
Transliteration
Barlıq adamdar tumısınan azat jäne qadir qasyeti
men kûqıqtarı teŋ bolıp dünyege keledi. Adamdarġa aqıl
parasat, ar ojdan berilgen, sondıqtan olar bir birimen tuıstıq, bauırmaldıq
qarım qatınas jasauları tyis.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Language learning materials for Kazakh and other Turkic languages
Information about the Kazakh language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language
http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=60&menu=004
http://www.nvtc.gov/lotw/months/march/Kazakh.html
Online Kazakh lessons
http://home.unilang.org/wiki3/index.php/Kazakh_Lessons
http://www.geocities.com/bolatkhan/KazLang/kazindex.html
Online Kazakh news and radio
http://www.azattyq.org
Message board for Kazakh speakers
http://www.suhbat.com
Azerbaijani, Balkar, Bashkir, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Even, Evenki, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kumyk, Kyrghyz, Nanai, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yakut
Other languages written with the: Arabic, Cyrillic and Latin alphabets
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