Languages of Kazakhstan

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Template:Infobox country languages Template:One source The official languages of Kazakhstan are Kazakh and Russian.<ref name= Constitution>Template:Cite web</ref> German, Tajiki, Tatar, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uyghur, and Uzbek are officially recognized by the 1997 Language Law, No. 151-1.<ref name= Status>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name= LangLaw>Template:Cite web</ref> Other languages natively spoken in Kazakhstan are Dungan, Ili Turki, Ingush, Plautdietsch, and Sinte Romani.<ref name= minoritylanguages>Template:Cite web</ref>

A number of more recent immigrant languages, such as Belarusian, Korean, Azeri, and Greek are also spoken.<ref name= immigrantlanguages>Template:Cite web</ref>

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