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
Official	Kazakh (national/state language), Russian (official)
Main	Russian language
Minority	Ukrainian; German; Uzbek; Uyghur; Tatar; Kyrgyz; Azerbaijani; Korean;
Foreign	English, German
Signed	Kazakh Sign Language
Keyboard layout	ЙЦУКЕН
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 languages of Kazakhstan are Kazakh and Russian. Both Kazakh and Russian are used on coequal grounds.^[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 [ru; kk]:^[5]

See also[edit]

• Demographics of Kazakhstan

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