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Central Asia Regional Data Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 2010
Language Use and Language Policy in Central Asia
K. Aminov, V. Jensen, S. Juraev, I. Overland, D. Tyan, Y. Uulu
Abstract
This paper provides facts and figures on the prevailing language situation in Central Asia, along with an
overview of the legal status of different languages and data on language use in various spheres of public life. The
paper is divided into four sections: basic facts and figures, historical and
legal overview; language use in
different spheres; media/culture. Data are provided on all five countries of post-Soviet Central Asia: Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
I Basic figures
This section contains information on the following subjects:
proficiency in different
languages and individuals’ language use; mother tongue self-identification;
ethnic origin of
population and possible discrepancies between ethnic origin (
nationalnost’) and language
use;
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socio-economic indicators related to language use; language use related to age.
