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Kyrgyz  

Definition

  • Kyrgyz is a Turkic language spoken in Kyrgyzstan as well as China, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Russia. Kyrgyz is a member of the Kyrgyz–Kipchak subgroup of the Kypchak languages, and modern-day language convergence has resulted in a mutual intelligibility between Kyrgyz and Kazakh.In 1940 a Cyrillic alphabet eventually became common and has remained so to this day, though some Kyrgyz still use the Arabic alphabet. There was a popular idea among some Kyrgyz people to make a transition to the Latin alphabet, but the plan has not been implemented yet.

Identifier

  • KIR

Notation

  • KIR
  • kir
  • ky
  • KY

In other languages

  • киргизки

    Bulgarian

  • kirgiški

    Croatian

  • kyrgyzština

    Czech

  • kirgisisk

    Danish

  • Kirgizisch

    Dutch

  • kirgiisi keel

    Estonian

  • kirgiisi

    Finnish

  • kirghiz

    French

  • kirghize
  • Kirgisisch

    German

  • κιργιζικά

    Greek

  • kirgiz

    Hungarian

  • kirgisíska

    Icelandic

  • Cirgis

    Irish

  • kirghiso

    Italian

  • кыргызча

    Kyrgyz

  • kırgızça
  • kirgīzu valoda

    Latvian

  • kirgizų kalba

    Lithuanian

  • киргиски

    Macedonian

  • Kirgiż

    Maltese

  • kirgisisk

    Norwegian

  • kirgiski

    Polish

  • quirguiz

    Portuguese

  • kârgâză

    Romanian

  • киргизский

    Russian

  • кыргыз

    Serbian

  • kirgiški

    Serbo-Croatian

  • kirgizština

    Slovak

  • kirgiščina

    Slovenian

  • kirguís

    Spanish

  • kirgiziska

    Swedish

  • kırgızca

    Turkish

  • киргизька мова

    Ukrainian

  • kirgiščina

    Upper Sorbian

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KIR

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