Kyrgyz language

Kyrgyz or Kirghiz (??????

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????) is a Northwestern Turkic language, and, together with Russian, an official language of Kyrgyzstan. Its ISO 639 codes are kir and ky.

Related Topics:
Turkic language - Russian - Kyrgyzstan - ISO 639

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Kyrgyz is spoken by about 3 million people in Kyrgyzstan, China, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkey (Asia) and Uzbekistan, Russia, Pakistan. Kyrgyz is written in modified Cyrillic (Kyrgyzstan) and modified Arabic (China) scripts. A Latin script was used between 1928 and 1940 in Kyrgyzstan. After Kyrgyzstan gained independence in 1991, there was a popular idea among some of the Kyrgyz politicians to return Kyrgyz language back to the Latin alphabet, but this plan has never been implemented.

Related Topics:
Kyrgyzstan - China - Afghanistan - Kazakhstan - Tajikistan - Turkey - Uzbekistan - Russia - Pakistan - Cyrillic - Arabic - Latin - 1928 - 1940 - 1991

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The modified Cyrillic alphabet includes these additions:

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See also: Kyrgyz people

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