News about language

Kazakh became 39th official language of Disney Pixar Kazakh can be found in the languages menu on the DVDs with movies like Cars 2, Men in Black 3, Brave and The Amazing Spider-Man in any country.
14 August 2012 13:06
Endangered languages get a Google protection plan Google on Tuesday unveiled an online information exchange platform to try to give some extra lasting power to more than 3,000 endangered languages.
18 July 2012 16:18
Training of polylingual teachers will start this year in Kazakhstan Training of polylingual teachers will start this year in Kazakhstan. On July 9 there was a meeting to discuss development of polylingual education in Kazakhstan.
10 July 2012 15:05
French language takes center stage at Quebec forum The first global forum on French kicked off in the Canadian province of Quebec Monday aimed at strengthening the language of Moliere in a world dominated by English.
03 July 2012 15:05
New James Bond movie to be dubbed in Kazakh The Ministry of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan has approved state funding of translation and dubbing the James Bond movie into Kazakh.
26 June 2012 16:58
Yessimov instructed police to learn foreign languages Major of Almaty instructed head of Almaty Interior Department to develop a concept for setting up foreign language trainings in the Department.
24 May 2012 19:53
Kazakhstan President does not consider state language a political issue Languages is not the issue of politics today: Nursultan Nazarbayev.
27 April 2012 20:21
Google will translate from Kazakh language The project to include the Kazakh language into the popular service Google Translate has been launched.
23 April 2012 12:49
MP asked Massimov to improve computer literacy of Kazakhstan citizens Majilis deputy has requested Prime-Minister to take steps to improve computer literacy of Kazakhstan citizens and increase the number of Internet websites in the Kazakh language.
16 February 2012 14:55
President Nazarbayev urges to stop speculations over use of Kazakh language There should be no hurry. Haste won’t be effective. The language should be developed in due course: Nazarbayev.
27 January 2012 12:57
Restoration of the language and return of religion in Kazakhstan have to be progressive: Nazarbayev Kazakhstan needs a thoughtful approach to learning and development of the state language.
12 January 2012 13:59
Cars-2 cartoon characters to come to Almaty Cars-2 cartoon that was the first cartoon to be dubbed into Kazakh will be released on DVD.
14 October 2011 17:56
Nokia application to help learn Kazakh language Kazakhstan residents will be able to learn the Kazakh language by installing a new application on their Nokia mobile phones.
19 September 2011 18:20
Google to integrate Kazakh language into its on-line translation service There are millions of people who need such a translation service. This means that such a service should be made available: Vladimir Dolgov, Google Russia General Director.
19 September 2011 08:30
Kazakhstan to translate Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter books into Kazakh language Kazakhstan Communications and Information Ministry’s website announced results of the public opinion poll on what books by foreign authors should be translated to Kazakh language.
12 September 2011 01:35
Latin-based Kazakh alphabet developed for Internet use Linguists have shortlisted Latin-based Kazakh alphabet versions to 4, with the number of letters varying from 29 to 33.
07 September 2011 10:31
Let us not speed up shifting to the Latin alphabet: Culture Ministry The issue calls for public discussion. Readiness of the society [for the change] as a whole should be taken into account: Culture Ministry’s Executive Secretary Zhanna Kurmangaliyeva.
09 August 2011 17:12
Media speculations over language legislation are storm in a teacup: Culture Ministry The speculations were caused by amendments allegedly drafted by the country’s Culture Ministry.
09 August 2011 12:47
Kazakh language and culture course free of distractions of modern civilizations Those signed up stay in yurts, folding dwellings of the nomad Kazakhs, practice national songs and dance and master national crafts making.
02 August 2011 21:25
Massimov: Knowledge of Kazakh language should be compulsory for Kazakhs Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Karim Massimov thinks that knowledge of the mother tongue should be compulsory for Kazakhs.
15 July 2011 16:42
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