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Kyrgyz

Turkic Languages

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.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
kir 1
Speaker Count
5,600,000 1
2000-2024 estimate, native speakers.
Region
Central Asia 1
Classification
Official Status
Official Language 1
Kyrgyz
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Kyrgyz is standardly written in the Cyrillic alphabet.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Kyrgyz Language
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  • Lead section
    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
    kir
  • 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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