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]
| 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 | |
| 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,[2] and Sinte Romani. A number of more recent immigrant languages, such as Belarusian, Korean,[3] Azerbaijani, and Greek are also spoken.[4]
Languages
Per the 2021 census:[5]
| Language | % | Script |
|---|---|---|
| Kazakh | 80.1 | Cyrillic, Latin |
| Russian | 83.7 | Cyrillic |
| Uzbek | 2.5 | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Uyghur | 0.9 | Perso-Arabic, Latin |
| Ukrainian | 0.1 | Cyrillic |
| Tatar | 0.5 | Cyrillic |
| German | 0.6 | Latin |
| Azerbaijani | 0.5 | Cyrillic, Latin, Perso-Arabic |
| Belarusian | 0.1 | Cyrillic |
| Chechen | 0.1 | Cyrillic |
| English | 35.1 | Latin |
| Chinese | 0.1 | Chinese characters |
| Kyrgyz | 0.2 | Cyrillic, Perso-Arabic |
| Turkish | 0.6 | Latin |
| French | 0.1 | Latin |
| Korean | 0.3 | Hangul |
| Arabic | 0.1 | Arabic alphabet |
| Other | 2.7 | — |