Kazakhstan Languages

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Description[edit | edit source]

Around 130 ethnic groups live in Kazakhstan, including 65% Kazakhs, 21.8% Russians, 3.0% Uzbeks, 1.8% Ukrainians, 1.4% Uyghurs and 1.2% Tatars. Kazakhstan is officially a bilingual country. The official languages of Kazakhstan are -- [1] [2]

Word List(s)[edit | edit source]

Russian Genealogical Word List

Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Alphabet

Pronunciation

Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]

Dictionaries

  • Shnitnikov, Boris Nikolayevich. Kazakh-English dictionary. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2011. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Thompson, Della, Marcus Wheeler, Boris Ottokar Unbegaun, and P. S. Falla. Oxford Russian dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Babiel, Nikolai. Barron's Russian dictionary. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 1997. Available at: WorldCat.

Online Dictionaries

Language Aids

  • Muhamedowa, Raihan. Kazakh : a comprehensive grammar. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2016. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Akhmetova, Aijan. Kazakh language : grammar, texts, vocabulary. Lexington, KY: n.p., 2010. Available at: WorldCat.

Additional Resources[edit | edit source]

  • Nabiyev, Temir. Kazakh language : 101 Kazakh verbs. Lexington, KY: Preceptor Language Books, 2016. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Batayeva, Zaure. Colloquial Kazakh : the complete course for beginners. n.p.: Routledge, 2015. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Culhane, Terry and R. Bivon. Russian language & people. Harlow: BBC Active, 2006. Available at: WorldCat.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Kazakhstan," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Kazakhstan, accessed 3 Feb 2022.
  2. Wikipedia contributors, "Kazakhstan," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan#Languages#:~:text=Languages, accessed 3 Feb 2022.
  3. Wikipedia contributors, "Kazakh language," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language, accessed 3 Feb 2022.
  4. Wikipedia contributors, "Russian language," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language, accessed 3 Feb 2022.