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{{Infobox country languages
| country    = Kazakhstan
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| official   = [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]] -- official state language.
| semi-official = [[Russian language|Russian]] - using as official
| national   = 
| unofficial = 
| main       = [[Kazakh language]].
| vernacular = 
| indigenous = [[:kk:Қазақ тілінің диалектілері|Dialects of Kazakh language]]
| minority   = [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]]; [[Uyghur language|Uyghur]]; [[Tatar language|Tatar]];  [[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]];  [[Azerbaijan language|Azerbaijan]];  [[Korean language|Korean]];
| immigrant  = [[Turkic languages]]
| foreign    =  [[English language|English]]; [[Arab language|Arabic]]([[Islam in Kazakhstan#History|coming with Islam]]); [[Chinese language|Chinese]];
| sign       = 
| keyboard   = [[ЙЦУКЕН]]
| keyboard image = [[File:Keyboard KAZ.png|none|200 px|thumb|The Kazakh keyboard.]]
| source     = Languages committee of the Ministry of culture and sports
| extralabel = [[Alphabet]]
| extra      = [[Kazakh alphabets]] <br> [[Kazakh Braille]]
}}
{{One source|date=December 2014}}
The official languages of [[Kazakhstan]] are [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]] and [[Russian language|Russian]].<ref name= Constitution>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlam.kz/en/constitution|title=Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan|work=Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan|accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref>  [[German language|German]], [[Tajik language|Tajiki]], [[Tatar language|Tatar]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], [[Uyghur language|Uyghur]], and [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]] are officially recognized by the 1997 Language Law, No. 151-1.<ref name= Status>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/country/kz/status|title=Kazakhstan|work=Ethnologue|accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref><ref name= LangLaw>{{cite web|url=http://ru.government.kz/docs/z970000151_20120710.htm|title=О языках в Республике Казахстан|work=Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan|accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref>  Other languages natively spoken in Kazakhstan are [[Dungan language|Dungan]], [[Ili Turk language|Ili Turki]], [[Ingush language|Ingush]], [[Plautdietsch language|Plautdietsch]], and [[Sinte Romani language|Sinte Romani]].<ref name= minoritylanguages>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/country/KZ/languages|title=Kazakhstan|work=Ethnologue|accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref>

A number of more recent immigrant languages, such as [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Azeri language|Azeri]], and [[Greek language|Greek]] are also spoken.<ref name= immigrantlanguages>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/country/kz|title=Kazakhstan|work=Ethnologue|accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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