2007-08-10 00:19:29 · 5 answers · asked by cj 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Kazakh is the official language, yes. But after so many years of Soviet ruling, Russian is still the language many Kazakhs considere their native.
2007-08-10 02:12:03 · answer #1 · answered by kamelåså 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kazak or Kazakh. Kazak is part of the Nogai-Kipchak subgroup of northeastern Turkic languages, heavily influenced by both Tatar and Mongol. Kazak was first written only in the 1860s, using Arabic script. In 1929 Latin script was introduced. In 1940 Stalin decided to unify the written materials of the Central Asian republics with those of the Slavic rulers by introducing a modified form of Cyrillic. There have since been attempts to change back to Latin script, but the costs involved are considered too high.
2007-08-10 00:25:29 · answer #2 · answered by JJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The native language is Kazah, belong to turks group, with Arabic, Mongolian elements in it, that is true.
Kazahstan=country of Kazahs
However, since is was under Soviet rule,
everyone knows Russian there.
2007-08-10 11:39:25 · answer #3 · answered by russiancatsima 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The major language of Kazakhstan is Kazakh a Turkic language ... hope I spelt that right!
2007-08-10 00:25:23 · answer #4 · answered by J V 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
borat
2007-08-10 00:22:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋