Abstract
Kazakh (ISO 639-3, kaz) is a Kipchak (Northwestern) Turkic language with approximately ten million speakers (Muhamedowa 2015). While the majority of Kazakh speakers live in the Republic of Kazakhstan, significant Kazakh-speaking populations exist throughout Central Asia. See Figure 1 for a map of the region. Kazakh spoken in Kazakhstan is described as having three or four dialects, but many researchers agree that differences between dialects are small and largely lexical (Kara 2002, Grenoble 2003, Muhamedowa 2015; see Amanzholov 1959 for more on Kazakh dialects).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-23 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Journal of the International Phonetic Association |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 26 Feb 2020 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Anthropology
- Linguistics and Language
- Speech and Hearing