Kazakh Language: Facts for Translators

Kazakh (kk, kaz) is a world language. Wikidata records about 12.9M speakers. It is written in Arabic alphabet and Cyrillic script. It is an official language in 1 country, including Kazakhstan.

12.9M

Speakers

$0.09–0.18

Indicative rate / word

Translation guides

Where Kazakh is official

Kazakhstan

Rates for Kazakh translation

Kazakh falls in our middle eastern & turkic band: roughly $0.09–$0.18 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.

For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →

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From Wikipedia

Kazakh is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch, spoken in Central Asia by the Kazakhs. It is closely related to Nogai, Kyrgyz, and Karakalpak. It is the official language of Kazakhstan and has official status in the Altai Republic of Russia. It is also a minority language in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China, and in the Bayan-Ölgii Province of western Mongolia. The language is also spoken by many ethnic Kazakhs throughout the former Soviet Union, as well as in Germany and Turkey.