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).

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哈萨克语

哈萨克语（ISO 639-3，kaz）是一种钦察语（西北）突厥语，约有一千万人使用（Muhamedowa 2015）。虽然大多数说哈萨克语的人生活在哈萨克斯坦共和国，但在整个中亚都有大量说哈萨克语的人口。该地区的地图见图 1。在哈萨克斯坦讲的哈萨克语被描述为具有三种或四种方言，但许多研究人员一致认为，方言之间的差异很小而且主要是词汇上的差异（Kara 2002、Grenoble 2003、Muhamedowa 2015；有关哈萨克方言的更多信息，请参见 Amanzholov 1959）。