Languages of Kazakhstan

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 languages of Kazakhstan are Kazakh and Russian. Both Kazakh and Russian are used on coequal grounds.[1]

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)
MainRussian language
MinorityUkrainian; 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

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

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

References
  1. "Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Article 7". Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. 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.
  3. О родном языке корейцев Казахстана [On the mother tongue of Kazakhstani Koreans] (in Russian)
  4. "Kazakhstan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. 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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