Kazakh

Central Asian native

Kazakh refers to the Turkic people native to Kazakhstan and neighboring regions of Central Asia, or to their language.

As an adjective, it describes things relating to this ethnic group, their culture, or their country: Kazakh traditions, the Kazakh steppe.

The Kazakh language uses a modified Cyrillic alphabet, though a transition to Latin script is underway.

nomadic

yurt

Felt-covered nomad tent

migration · livestock · grazing · caravan · flock · shepherding · tribe · clan · seasonal · herdsman

ethnicity

yurt

Felt-covered nomad tent

  • feltCompressed fiber textile
steppe

grassland

Treeless herb-covered ecosystem

grazing · fescue · pastureland · saiga · marmot · feathergrass · semi-arid · vast · endless · horizon

language

Cyrillic

Slavic alphabet system

Kyrgyz · Uzbek · Tatar · loanwords · bilingual · dialect · phonology · morphology

nationality

Astana

Kazakhstan's seat of government

diaspora · demographics · population · statehood · identity · emigrant · immigrant · expatriate · government · border

geography

Astana

Kazakhstan's seat of government

Categories
Opposites
Central Asian ethnic/national identity

KazakhRussian

Eastern Slavic language

Persian · Han Chinese · Chinese · Slavic · Tajik

nomadic vs. sedentary Central Asian peoples

KazakhTajik

Person from Dushanbe's country

Uzbek · settled · sedentary · agricultural · urban

Family

Kazakhstan, Kazakhs

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G