Kazakhstan and Kazakh Language Resources

Resources pertaining to the Kazakh language and Kazakhstan 

1. Resources for learning Kazakh, (https: //docs.google.com/document/d/1boxJ3qKssHm2ZOPPBUWi_NFQbUhADx1n6WrcYqRsd1I/edit) compiled by Dennis Keen, UCLA instructor of "Introduction to Kazakh" and "Introduction to Kazakhstan," Spring 2020. 

2. Slavic and Eurasian Language Resource Center:Kazakh webliography (https: //slaviccenters.duke.edu/webliogra/kazakh)

3. Brief Video Tutorials for Basic Kazakh Phrases

  • How to say Hello (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM4z_BidYec)
  • H (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=RElwHtY916g)ow to say Goodbye (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=RElwHtY916g)
  • How to say "How are you?" and "What's new?" (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSWjjEYBvXU)

4. Some films from Kazakhstan in Russian and/or with English or Russian subtitles

Алмазый меч (2018; "The Diamond Sword")

  With Russian/English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxYovFils-g (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxYovFils-g)

Алпамыс идёт в школу (1976; "Alpamys goes to school") реж. Карсакбаев, Абдулла

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWQfr3h9cLo (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWQfr3h9cLo)

Бизнес по-казахски (2016; "Business Kazakh-style")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-DiljiPer8 (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-DiljiPer8&t=33s)

Войко Мын Бала (2011; "Myn Bala")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH086MIRf5E (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH086MIRf5E)

Девушка-джигит (1955)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFoTSv5DuL4 (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFoTSv5DuL4)

Монгол (2007; Сергей Бодров, "The Mongolian")

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrxkZYF-mu4 (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrxkZYF-mu4)

Охотница с орлом (2016; "The Eagle Huntress")

Фильмы Рустема Абрашева: Подарок Сталину (2008; "A Gift for Stalin")

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5j3rlzh3Hk (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5j3rlzh3Hk)

  With English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUSgfKFhbVU&feature=youtu.be (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUSgfKFhbVU&feature=youtu.be)

Томирис (2019, "Tomiris")

Тюльпан (2008; "Tulip")

  With Russian subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7qTfK8Owtk (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7qTfK8Owtk) 

5. "Real Live Russian" Series

  • "The Future of Russian in Qazaqstan" (https: //www.dropbox.com/s/7doloizt1wt1uem/R_Future%2A.mov?dl=0)
  • "The Russian Diet in Qazaqstan" (https: //www.dropbox.com/s/ryn35ea2ai5tmle/R_Food%2A.mov?dl=0)
  • "Russian and Qazaq Schools in Qazaqstan" (https: //www.dropbox.com/s/927ec2ddqd9tbzl/R_Rus_Qaz_School%2A.mov?dl=0)
  • "Russians in Qazaqstan" (https: //www.dropbox.com/s/ulci6365icnxh21/R_Rus_Peop_Dif%2A.mov?dl=0)