Wiki Languages: Kyrgyz language (Кыргызча)
Updated: 17-07-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
Language: Kirghiz (Kyrgyz language) | Local name: Кыргызча |
Language code: ky | Display language: Simple English (simple)|
Speak area: Kyrgyzstan | Classification: Turkic |
Country: Kyrgyzstan | Second language: |
Usage: national | Wiki language for Kyrgyz language |
Dictionary for Kirghiz (Кыргызча) in Simple English
English | Kirghiz |
Кыргызча | Simple English |
Kyrgyz language | |
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Native to | Kyrgyzstan (official), Afghanistan, Xinjiang (China), Tajikistan, Russia, Pakistan |
Native speakers | 4.3 million (2009 census)[1] |
Language family | Turkic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 |
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ISO 639-2 |
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ISO 639-3 | kir |
Glottolog | kirg1245 |
Linguasphere | 44-AAB-cd |
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.[2]
References
- ↑Kyrgyz language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑"Kyrgyz language and alphabets".
Related pages
- Kyrgyz people
- Turkic languages
Other websites
- http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/KyrgyzArchived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine