Turan University Varieties of Nationalities and Languages

“ Turan” University «Varieties of Nationalities and Languages in Kazakhstan» Специальность: Переводческое дело Группа: 1 Г-2 Курс: 1 Выполнила: Казимова Саида Проверила: Затонская Т. М.

Kazakhstan is a country in the middle of Eurasia. Its official name is the Republic of Kazakhstan is the ninth biggest country in the world, and it is also the biggest landlocked country in the world. Before the end of the Soviet Union, it was called "Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic". The president of the country since 1991 is called Nursultan Nazarbayev. Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. Almaty was the capital until 1998, when it moved to Astana.

Population of Kazakhstan The total population of Kazakhstan is slightly over fifteen million inhabitants. Various periods in the country's history have affected the existing demographic situation: the ethnic composition consists of Kazakhs, Russians, Ukrainians, Germans, Koreans, Poles, Greeks, Tatars, Turks and many other nationalities. It should be noted that these hospitable lands became a secure place for hundreds of thousands of individuals of various nationalities and religions. Today, many of them recall with gratitude the warmth and comfort offered to them by the natives who shared their last piece of bread in the harsh years of the repressions.

Ø Official estimates put the population of Kazakhstan at 16, 500, 000 as of April 2011, of which 46% is rural and 54% urban population. Ø The 2009 population estimate is 6. 8% higher than the population reported in the last census from January 1999 (slightly less than 15 million). Ø These estimates have been confirmed by the 2009 population census, and this means that the decline in population that began after 1989 has been arrested and reversed.

Covering a huge territory, Kazakhstan is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world - at 6. 1 persons per square kilometre. There are 16. 2 million inhabitants in Kazakhstan today (fiftieth place in the world)

History of ethnic composition Kazakhstan's dominant ethnic group Kazakhs, traces its origin to 15 th century, when number of Turkic and some Mongol tribes united to establish Kazakh Khanate. With cohesive culture and national identity, they constituted absolute majority on the land until Russian colonization.

Languages of Kazakhstan is actually a multilingual country, as it's home to over 100 different ethnic groups. How do they communicate? Which language do the Kazakhstanis speak? As you know Kazakhstan has been part of the USSR, whose state language was Russian. Therefore many people still speak it all over the former Soviet Union. That's why the Russian language kept its status as the official language in Kazakhstan even after its independence, which makes Kazakhstan a bilingual country. Now people of other ethnic groups other than Kazakhs or Russians, speak one or both of the official languages along with their own mother tongue.

Used literature • https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Languages_of_Kazakhst an • http: //www. kazakhstandiscovery. com/kazakhstanlanguage. html • https: //yandex. kz/images/search? text

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