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1 what do you know about the Kazakh language? Discuss your ideas in pall).
2 Read the text and check your ideas.
KAZAKH is a Turkic language. It contains words from
other Turkic languages, but also some words of Russian
origin.
First written form of the Kazakh language was using
the Arabic script
Kazakh is a language with rich history. Let's have a look
at some interesting facts. Can you guess which words
or phrases are missing?
✓ Stan is an ancient Persian word meaning
(1)., and Kazakh means (2)
When the Kazakh khanate split into three
groups in the mid-1400s, each group was
called zhuz, which translates literally as (3) ...
✓ The traditional nomad home of the Kazakhs
is known as a yurta. Its name comes from the
Kazakh word meaning (4)'...
Kazakhstan's national dish is beshbarmak, which
literally means (5):.' because of the way it is
traditionally eaten.
Kyz kuu is a Kazakh competition in which a young man on horseback pursues a young woman
riding in front of him. The competition's name means (6)
3 Read the text again and complete it with the words and expressions A-F.
A adventurer B hundred C land D family E five fingers F catch that girl​