Language Situation in Kazakhstan in the Modern Period: Ideology, Policy and Planning

• Zhumanova Aiman, Stambulov Serik Department of World History and International Relations, E.A.Buketov Karaganda State University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
• Sakabay Tolkynay Ethnology and National History, E.A.Buketov Karaganda State University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
• Kentbek Salavat, Karsybayeva Zhuldyz Department of Archelogy, Ethnology and National History, E.A.Buketov Karaganda State University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan.

Abstract

This article presents the overall analysis of the contemporary language situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The principle of objectivity is the central approach of this article that considers historical phenomena and processes in details taking into account all contradictions. As a result, the authors would agree with those scholars who have a positive prognosis on language policy in Kazakhstan and affirm that all aims will be attained in the future. It is concluded that affirmative results of language policy are maintenance of balance between improvement of the state language status and compliance of other languages’ rights in multiethnic Kazakhstan