Kyrgyz is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia. It is the official language of Kyrgyzstan and a significant minority language in the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China and in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2000-2024 estimate, native speakers. Classification
Official Status Kyrgyz
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Kyrgyz is standardly written in the Cyrillic alphabet.
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1. Wikipedia: Kyrgyz Language
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Kyrgyz is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia. It is the official language of Kyrgyzstan and a significant minority language in the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China and in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan. There is a very high level of mutual intelligibility between Kyrgyz, Kazakh, and Altay.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers
5.6 million cited 2000-2024
Infobox, Region
Central Asia
Official status, Kyrgyz entity page
It is the official language of Kyrgyzstan and a significant minority language in the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China and in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan.
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