Learn Kazakh Through Topics You Actually Care About

LingoBear creates short Kazakh passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. Kipchak Turkic language, 42-letter Cyrillic alphabet (transitioning to a Latin alphabet by 2031), vowel harmony, agglutinative, ~13M speakers.

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Every word in your Kazakh reading passage is clickable. Get English translations and grammar help — useful for parsing long agglutinative noun and verb forms.

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Type any topic and LingoBear generates a fresh Kazakh reading passage — from Astana skyline news to Aitys improvisational poetry.

What is Kazakh and where is it spoken?

Kazakh (Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili) is a Kipchak Turkic language and the official language of Kazakhstan, with around 13 million native speakers across Kazakhstan, China (Xinjiang), Mongolia, Uzbekistan and Russia. It is closely related to Kyrgyz and Karakalpak. The standard is based on the variety of the central regions.

What scripts does Kazakh use?

Kazakh is currently written in a 42-letter Cyrillic alphabet adopted in 1940 (with extra letters ә, ғ, қ, ң, ө, ұ, ү, һ, і). In 2017 Kazakhstan announced a phased switch to a Latin-based alphabet, with full transition targeted for 2031. Kazakhs in China use a modified Arabic-Persian script. The language has full vowel harmony and is agglutinative.