Languages of Kazakhstan

Languages of Kazakhstan
Official languages	Kazakh -- official state language.
Semi-official languages	Russian - using as official
Main languages	Kazakh language.
Indigenous languages	Dialects of Kazakh language
Minority languages	Uzbek; Uyghur; Tatar; Kyrgyz; Azerbaijan; Korean;
Main immigrant languages	Turkic languages
Main foreign languages	English, Arabic, Chinese
Common keyboard layouts	ЙЦУКЕН The Kazakh keyboard.
Source	Languages committee of the Ministry of culture and sports
Alphabet	Kazakh alphabets Kazakh Braille

The official languages of Kazakhstan are Kazakh and Russian.^[1] German, Tajiki, Tatar, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uyghur, and Uzbek are officially recognized by the 1997 Language Law, No. 151-1.^[2][3] Other languages natively spoken in Kazakhstan are Dungan, Ili Turki, Ingush, Plautdietsch, and Sinte Romani.^[4]

A number of more recent immigrant languages, such as Belarusian, Korean, Azeri, and Greek are also spoken.^[5]

References

1. "Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan". Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
2. "Kazakhstan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
3. "О языках в Республике Казахстан". Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
4. "Kazakhstan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
5. "Kazakhstan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 21 December 2014.