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 70.4% Kazakhs, 15.5% Russians, 3.2% Uzbeks, 2.0% Ukrainians, 1.5% Uyghurs and 1.1% Tatars. The official languages of Kazakhstan are Kazakh and Russian. Both Kazakh and Russian are used on equal 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 | |
| Official | Kazakh (national/state language), Russian (official) |
| Main | Kazakh language |
| Minority | Russian, Uzbek, Turkish, Tatar, Uyghur, |
| Immigrant | Uzbek, Tajik, Turkish, Kyrgyz |
| Foreign | German, English, Arabic, Korean |
| Signed | Kazakh Sign Language |
| Keyboard layout | |
| Source | Languages committee of the Ministry of culture and sports |
| Alphabet | Kazakh alphabets Kazakh Braille |
Other languages natively spoken in Kazakhstan are Dungan, Ili Turki, Ingush, Plautdietsch, and Sinte Romani. A number of more recent immigrant languages, such as Belarusian, Korean, Azerbaijani, and Greek are also spoken.[2]
LanguagesEdit
Per 2007 data:
| Language | % | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Kazakh | 74[3] | Cyrillic, Latin |
| Russian | 89[4] | Cyrillic |
| Korean | Hangul | |
| German | Latin | |
| Polish | Latin | |
| Yiddish | Hebrew | |
| Ukrainian | Cyrillic | |
| Turkish | Latin | |
| Uzbek | Latin, Cyrillic | |
| Uyghur | Perso-Arabic, Latin |
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Article 7". Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "Kazakhstan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "Мемлекеттін 70 % мемлекеттік тілде сөйлей алады — ukimet.kz". Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
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