Languages of Kazakhstan

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Languages of Kazakhstan
The Kazakh-speaking world:
  regions where Kazakh is the language of the majority
  regions where Kazakh is the language of a significant minority
OfficialKazakh (national/state language), Russian (official)
NationalKazakh language
MinorityKazakh; German; Uzbek; Uyghur; Tatar; Kyrgyz; Azerbaijani; Korean;
ForeignEnglish, German
SignedKazakh Sign Language
Keyboard layout
ЙЦУКЕН
The Kazakh keyboard.
SourceLanguages committee of the Ministry of culture and sports
AlphabetKazakh alphabets
Kazakh Braille
Language proficiency by age group

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.

Other languages natively spoken in Kazakhstan are Dungan, Ili Turki, Ingush, Plautdietsch,[1] and Sinte Romani. A number of more recent immigrant languages, such as Belarusian, Korean,[2] Azerbaijani, and Greek are also spoken.[3]

Languages[edit]

Per the 2021 census [ru; kk]:[4]

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

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References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ О родном языке корейцев Казахстана [On the mother tongue of Kazakhstani Koreans] (in Russian)
  3. ^ "Kazakhstan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ^ 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.