Languages of Kazakhstan
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| Languages of Kazakhstan | |
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 The Kazakh-speaking world: regions where Kazakh is the language of the majority regions where Kazakh is the language of a significant minority | |
| Official | Kazakh (national/state language), Kazakh (official) |
| Main | Kazakh language |
| Minority | Kazakh; German; Uzbek; Uyghur; Tatar; Kyrgyz; Azerbaijani; Korean; |
| Foreign | English, German |
| Signed | Kazakh Sign Language |
| Keyboard layout | |
| Source | Languages committee of the Ministry of culture and sports |
| Alphabet | Kazakh alphabets Kazakh Braille |
Kazakhstan is a multiethnic country where the indigenous ethnic group, the Kazakhs, comprise the majority of the population. As of 2021, the population of Kazakhstan is 69% Kazakhs, 15.5% Russians, 3% Uzbeks, 2.5% Ukrainians, 1.5% Uyghurs and 1.1% Tatars. The official language of Kazakhstan is Kazakh. Kazakh language is used on coequal grounds. Yet Kazakhstan is suffering from lack of culture. Most of younger kazakh generation in Kazakhstan do not know kazakh language because of the (overuse) of russian language, since it progressively turning into main language of Kazakhstan (especially the Northern Kazakhstan). Kazakhs slowly started to forget they're own language, Which could result major consequences in the future. [1]
Other languages natively spoken in Kazakhstan are Dungan, Ili Turki, Ingush, Plautdietsch,[2] and Sinte Romani. A number of more recent immigrant languages, such as Belarusian, Korean,[3] Azerbaijani, and Greek are also spoken.[4]
Languages[edit]
Per the 2021 census:[5]
| Language | % | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Kazakh | 80.1 | Cyrillic, Latin |
| Russian | 83.7 | Cyrillic |
| Uzbek | 2.5 | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Uyghur | 0.9 | Perso-Arabic, Latin |
| Ukrainian | 0.1 | Cyrillic |
| Tatar | 0.5 | Cyrillic |
| German | 0.6 | Latin |
| Azerbaijani | 0.5 | Cyrillic, Latin, Perso-Arabic |
| Belarusian | 0.1 | Cyrillic |
| Chechen | 0.1 | Cyrillic |
| English | 35.1 | Latin |
| Chinese | 0.1 | Chinese characters |
| Kyrgyz | 0.2 | Cyrillic, Perso-Arabic |
| Turkish | 0.6 | Latin |
| French | 0.1 | Latin |
| Korean | 0.3 | Hangul |
| Arabic | 0.1 | Arabic alphabet |
| Other | 2.7 | — |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Article 7". Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ Higgins, Andrew (12 May 2019). "A Mennonite Town in Muslim Central Asia Holds On Against the Odds". New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ О родном языке корейцев Казахстана [On the mother tongue of Kazakhstani Koreans] (in Russian)
- ^ "Kazakhstan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ National composition, religion and language proficiency in the Republic of Kazakhstan (PDF). Astana: Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 2023. p. 323.
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