Kyrgyz Language: Kipchak Turkic language of Central Asia
Kyrgyz language is the official language of Kyrgyzstan and a branch of Turkic languages that most Kyrgyz people speak with.
Kyrgyz is written with the Cyrillic alphabet, but can be written in the Arabic alphabet in Xinjiang, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
| Kyrgyz language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Kyrgyzstan (official), Afghanistan, Xinjiang (China), Tajikistan, Russia, Pakistan |
Native speakers | 4.3 million (2009 census) |
Turkic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ky |
| ISO 639-2 | kir |
| ISO 639-3 | kir |
| Glottolog | kirg1245 |
| Linguasphere | 44-AAB-cd |
References
Related pages
Other websites
- http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Kyrgyz Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
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