NAREK MKRTCHYAN
the Russian language has quite deep roots among the ethnic Kazakhs, and the creation of the hegemony of Kazakh identity by the native language is possible only through the establishment of Kazakh’ s cultural hegemony in the society. Nazarbayev ' s language policy is only the start of‘ counter-hegemonic struggle’ towards indigenization and khazkhifcation of Kazakhs. The policies of Kazakh elites to prioritize the role of their language in the multiethnic country seem to be a trend to attain official status for their ethnicity. Thus, current mandated use of Kazakh as a state language is more effective at an administrative or ceremonial level, than at the societal( vernacular) level. Moreover,, the issue of identity and language cannot be finally solved by a state authority or a successful leader alone, as long as a society not been able to reveal a large part of the intelligentsia, which will take upon its shoulders that important task. However, no one can argue that Nazarbayev ' s language and educational policies of national identity lead to the successful development of identity, language, and culture. The latter is a responsible social order to accompany the social processes in the proper national course of reforming the way of lives.
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