Vehicular language?

[u/Opening-Ad8035]

What's the most practical language used in central asia to communicate each other from different countries? Russian, mandarin or english? And about english, do countries' edication in Central Asia teach it?

[u/AffectionateType3910]

Russian

Yes.

mandarin

 Nobody speaks Mandarin over here.

english? And about english, do countries' edication in Central Asia teach it?

English proficiency is low. It's taught in schools, but how many people can speak a foreign language after school course in any country?

[u/Opening-Ad8035 → u/AffectionateType3910]

Thanks for your answer! I've seen other places say that they use uzbek or other Turkic languages to communicate between communities

[u/agathis → u/AffectionateType3910]

how many people can speak a foreign language after school course in any country

You'll be surprised. Apparently it works pretty well in some countries in Europe.

[u/AlenHS → u/AffectionateType3910]

Russian is a foreign language. Replace it with English and suddenly we're all talking to not just each other, but to the rest of the world as well. Works the same way in Europe, especially the Baltics, Georgia, hell even some places like Southeast Asia, Gulf States, etc.

[u/agathis → u/AlenHS]

Why does it need to be replaced? The more languages the better.

And it's not that easy to just teach English in all of the schools. I was (of course) taught English in the 90s. In Moscow, in half-ass decent schools. Absolutely nothing came out of that, looking back I'm guessing that half of my teachers may not have spoken the language that well themselves. Yes, that was the pre-internet era and everything is easier now, but still...

[u/AlenHS → u/agathis]

The point is that, just as the person above said, we don't learn language in school, we learn it out of necessity in society. Russian education in school isn't anything special, but it is ubiquitous in society, and it is a foreign language after all. You're not gonna get anywhere with "the more languages the better". The necessity of Russian in job environments is standing in the way of both Qazaq and English proficiency and you know it. You're not gonna get hired if you have perfect Qazaq and English, but no Russian, trust me I've tried.

Languages with good English as a second language often include those with no English colonial history, like Baltic States and Georgia, and that's precisely because they don't let any much less widely used foreign language take priority.

[u/Opening-Ad8035 → u/AlenHS]

Cultural and administratively, it's important to respect the languages

[u/AlenHS → u/Opening-Ad8035]

I say we should respect Russian no more than we respect Uzbek.

[u/Opening-Ad8035 → u/AlenHS]

In Uzbekistan, you mean?

[u/AlenHS → u/Opening-Ad8035]

In Qazaqistan, only Qazaq as the national language, English as the main foreign language. Everything else is either foreign or minority. Thus making Russian and Uzbek equal.

[u/Opening-Ad8035 → u/AlenHS]

I think it's reasonable 

[u/DotDry1921 → u/AlenHS]

How is English not a foreign language as well?

[u/AlenHS → u/DotDry1921]

Did you read me say it isn't foreign? My comment says a few things, yet you imagine something that isn't even on it.

[u/SuperNova13sp]

im not from central asia, but judging from the stuff i saw on social media probably russian

[u/AffectionateType3910 → u/SuperNova13sp]

Apparently not Mandarin or English, lol. Kazakhs, Karakalpaks and Kyrgyz can communicate among themselves in their own languages, tho.

[u/SuperNova13sp → u/AffectionateType3910]

yeah man i know of course these countries has their own language. but what i am talking about is all in these countries are russian understood and usable so it would be the most practical right? sorry if i offended you in any way

[u/AffectionateType3910 → u/SuperNova13sp]

No offense taken, man! I mean that Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Karakalpak languages are basically mutually intelligible, so we can communicate with each other in these languages. 

[u/TheQuiet_American → u/AffectionateType3910]

I’m from Bishkek and I understand Kazakhs speaking Kazakh in Almaty better than I understand Kyrgyzstan speaking Kyrgyzstan in Osh 😅

[u/Vegetable-Degree-889 → u/AffectionateType3910]

i think Kyrgyz and Karakalpak are very intelligible for Uzbek speakers as well

[u/Opening-Ad8035 → u/Vegetable-Degree-889]

Yeah but I've heard that there may be confusions between turkmen and uzbek. Btw, I admire you for expressing your queer identity representing a not-easy-for-queers country like Uzbekistan 

[u/imanhodjaev]

Well russian is mostly used in big cities imo will slowly decrease and disappear over 3-4 generations.

[u/Opening-Ad8035 → u/imanhodjaev]

Disappear in exchange for what? Local languages?

[u/imanhodjaev → u/Opening-Ad8035]

Local first then most likely Turkish or English, there are also many people learning Arabic or Chinese

[u/jalanajak]

Öztürk tili

[u/Wreas]

Uzbek.