Kazakh
Kazakh is documented on Dialect Atlas across 4 dialects, including Eastern Kazakh, Kazakh, Northern Kazakh.
Dialects of Kazakh
- Eastern KazakhSemey KazakhThe Kazakh of eastern Kazakhstan around Öskemen and Semey, near the Altai border. Carries contact features from Mongolic Oirat and Russian.
- KazakhQazaqşa · Southern KazakhA Kipchak Turkic language and the official language of Kazakhstan. The Almaty-area variety, traditionally the southern standard. Currently transitioning from Cyrillic to a Latin-based alphabet.
- Northern KazakhAstana KazakhThe Kazakh of northern Kazakhstan around Astana and Pavlodar. Closer to Tatar in several lexical and phonological features, with stronger Russian-contact influence.
- Western KazakhAtyrau KazakhThe Kazakh of western Kazakhstan around Atyrau and Aktobe. The dialect group with the most extensive contact features from Tatar and Bashkir; transitional toward the Volga Kipchak varieties.
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