Language policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan: formation and sustainable development

Journal title RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA'
Author/s Saltanat Zhalmagambetova, Maira Dyusembekova, Manshuk Mukasheva, Axakalova M.K., Aliya Kaliyeva
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2022/2
Language English Pages 17 P. 65-81 File size 83 KB
DOI 10.3280/RISS2022-002005
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In the age of globalization, in a world where states are multi-ethnic, there is no country whose inhabitants speak only one language. In most countries, official or regional languages are used along with the state language, and some minor lan-guages are endowed with a special status. Therefore, for any state, language policy is of particular importance, as it affects many areas of public life. For multina-tional states, language policy is an important tool for consolidating society, main-taining interethnic harmony and linguistic diversity. In the Republic of Kazakh-stan, where representatives of many nationalities, language policy plays a special role in ensuring ethno-political stability and sustainability unity of the nation. This article describes the sustainable development of the language policy of sovereign Kazakhstan, it considers the main stages and directions of state language regula-tion, the current state, current problems and the results of the implementation of state programs for the development of languages are studied. In conclusion, con-clusions are formulated about the effectiveness of the ongoing state language pol-icy, the problems and prospects for its development.

Keywords: language policy, language situation, sustainable development, trilin-gualism.

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Saltanat Zhalmagambetova, Maira Dyusembekova, Manshuk Mukasheva, Axakalova M.K., Aliya Kaliyeva, Language policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan: formation and sustainable development in "RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA'" 2/2022, pp 65-81, DOI: 10.3280/RISS2022-002005