Kazakh

• Alternate names: Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq Also: in China -- Hazake, Kazak, Kazax; in Iran -- Gazaqi, Kazak, Kazakhi; in Mongolia -- Kaisak, Kazakhi, Kazax, Kosach, Qazaq, Qazaqi; in Turkey -- Kaisak, Kazakhi, Kazax, Kosach, Qazaqi
• Scriptures published: Bible (1820--2010) New Testament (1820--2011) Portions (1818--1989)
• Literacy: Increasing education in Kazakh
• Primary country: Kazakhstan
• Also used in: China, Germany, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan
• Religion: Muslim (Sunni)
• Livelihood: Traditionally pastoralists, now agriculturalists; industrialists
• Status: Statutory national language in Kazakhstan
• Number of users: 8,077,770 (5,290,000 in Kazakhstan (1979 census); 1,250,000 in China (2000 census); 3,000 in Iran (1982); 182,000 in Mongolia (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001); 600 in Turkey (1982))

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Kazakh
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Kazakh on the web
• Joshua Project: Kazakh — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Kazakh — detailed linguistic information.