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- Title
THE STATUS OF KAZAKH IN KAZAKHSTAN IN URBAN AREAS: THE CASE OF SHYMKENT.
- Authors
AQTAY, GULAYHAN
- Abstract
This paper discusses the status of Kazakh in Shymkent in recent years. Shymkent is the third-largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of over one million. Like in all large cities in this country, most of the Kazakh population in Shymkent is Kazakh-Russian bilingual, while the Russians are monolingual Russian speakers. The strength of Kazakh in Shymkent depends on many factors, such as the type of district, sociolinguistic features, and it is different in the spoken and the written form. Although Kazakh in Shymkent is the object of frequent comments in Kazakhstan, it has not yet been studied. The research material is based on fieldwork, analysis of the local media and websites. It may be argued that despite the local conditions and assets, the position of Kazakhs in public domains depends on the state's language policy and the degree of integration with Russia.
- Subjects
SHYMKENT (Kazakhstan); METROPOLITAN areas; KAZAKHS; POPULATION density; BILINGUALISM; LANGUAGE policy
- Publication
East European Review / Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 1, p205
- ISSN
2081-1128
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31648/PW.7665