Languages_of_Kazakhstan
Languages of Kazakhstan
Languages spoken in 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]
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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]