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Languages of Kazakhstan

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Main languages
  
Kazakh language.

Main immigrant languages
  
Turkic languages

Official languages
  
Kazakh -- official state language.

Semi-official languages
  
Russian - using as official

Indigenous languages
  
Dialects of Kazakh language

Minority languages
  
Uzbek; Uyghur; Tatar; Kyrgyz; Azerbaijan; Korean;

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

Map of Kazakhstan

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

References

Languages of Kazakhstan Wikipedia