Languages of Kazakhstan explained

Country:Kazakhstan
Image Size:300
Official:Kazakh (national/state language), Russian (official)
National:Kazakh language
Minority:Kazakh
German; Uzbek; Ukrainian; Uyghur; Tatar; Kyrgyz; Azerbaijani; Korean;
Foreign:English, German
Keyboard:ЙЦУКЕН
Source:Languages committee of the Ministry of culture and sports
Extralabel:Alphabet
Extra:Kazakh alphabets
Kazakh Braille
Sign:Kazakh Sign Language

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. Russian 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

Per the :[4]

LanguageScript
Kazakh80.1Cyrillic, Latin
Russian83.7Cyrillic
Uzbek2.5Latin, Cyrillic
Uyghur0.9Perso-Arabic, Latin
Ukrainian0.1Cyrillic
Tatar0.5Cyrillic
German0.6Latin
Azerbaijani0.5Cyrillic, Latin, Perso-Arabic
Belarusian0.1Cyrillic
Chechen0.1Cyrillic
English35.1Latin
Chinese0.1Chinese characters
Kyrgyz0.2Cyrillic, Perso-Arabic
Turkish0.6Latin
French0.1Latin
Korean0.3Hangul
Arabic0.1Arabic alphabet
Other2.7

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Higgins . Andrew . 12 May 2019 . A Mennonite Town in Muslim Central Asia Holds On Against the Odds . . . 2 December 2023.
  2. http://world.lib.ru/k/kim_o_i/rtg1rtf.shtml О родном языке корейцев Казахстана
  3. Web site: Kazakhstan. Ethnologue. 21 December 2014.
  4. Book: National composition, religion and language proficiency in the Republic of Kazakhstan . Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan . 2023 . Astana . 323 . en.