Footnote. Heading as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
29.12.2021 № 94-VII (shall come into effect ten calendar days after the day of its first official
publication).
The legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on languages in the Republic of
Kazakhstan shall be based on the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and consist of
this Law, and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan relating to the use and
development of languages.
The legislation on languages shall apply to citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan,
foreigners and persons without citizenship, permanently residing in the Republic of
Kazakhstan.
Footnote. Article 3 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
29.12.2021 № 94-VII (shall come into effect ten calendar days after the day of its first official
publication).

State language of the republic of Kazakhstan shall be Kazakh language.
State language shall be the language of public administration, legislation, judicial and
administrative procedure, acting in all fields of public relations on the territory of the state.
The duty of every citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be the mastery of the state
language that shall be the most important factor in the consolidation of the people of
Kazakhstan.
The government and other governmental, local representative and executive bodies shall
be obliged to:
fully develop the state language in the Republic of Kazakhstan, strengthen its
international authority;
create all necessary organizational, material and technical conditions for unrestricted and
free mastery of the state language by all citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
assist to Kazakh diaspora in preservation and development of their native language.

In the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be provided creation of children's pre-school
organizations operating in state language, and in places of compact residence of national
groups in their languages.
Language of education, upbringing in children's homes and equated to them organizations
shall be defined by local executive bodies, taking into account national composition of their
population.
The Republic of Kazakhstan shall ensure acquisition of primary, basic secondary, general
secondary, technical and professional, post-secondary, higher and postgraduate education in
state, Russian and, if necessary and possible, in other languages. In educational institutions
state language and Russian language shall be compulsory academic subjects and shall be
included in the list of disciplines, included in the document on education.
Footnote. The title and article as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan
dated 27.06.2007 № 320 (the order of the entry into force see article 2).