Essay About Kazakh Language

The Kazakh language is an important part of Kazakh culture, because the cultural heritage and knowledge of our ancestors are stored in the roots of the Kazakh language. It is my contention that Kazakh language, which is at the heart of Kazakh culture has become more prevalent and has changed Kazakh culture for the better, since Kazakhstan became an independent Republic. Before the independent Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan was formally part of the Soviet Union. As you probably know, in the Soviet Union the most common language was Russian. Firstly, approximately in Soviet Union forty percent of Kazakhstan population were Russian. It led to the reason why the Kazakh language had not flourished in the era of the Soviet Union. What is more, majority in Kazakh steppes were Russian and the Soviet Union’s Government forbade anyone disseminate or teach Kazakh language and tradition. As the result, the new policy of

The research indicates that 31 percent of all respondents use the Kazakh language (it was declared the state language in 1992), a knowledge of which is expressed in the formula “I speak, read, and write it fluently.” Approximately 71 percent among Kazakh respondents can speak, read and write in Kazakh, furthermore 17.5 percent can speak and read Kazakh, but do not know how to write in Kazakh. Another group of respondents cannot understand and do not know the Kazakh language. Make a long story short, if we take as the threshold value the group of those who can express themselves in Kazakh, 95.5 of the indigenous inhabitants generally know it. What is more, sixty six percent of Kazakhs can communicate in their own language at home; 10.5 percent use Russian and about 19 percent use Kazakh and Russian together. Thus, the Kazakh language unites Kazakh people together and strengthens Kazakh culture (M. M. Arenov & S. K. Kalmykov, 1997,