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Kyrgyz language
Native toKyrgyzstan (official), Afghanistan, Xinjiang (China), Tajikistan, Russia, Pakistan
Native speakers
4.3 million (2009 census)[1]
Turkic
Language codes
ISO 639-1ky
ISO 639-2kir
ISO 639-3kir
Glottologkirg1245
Linguasphere44-AAB-cd
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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[change | change source]

  1. Kyrgyz language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. "Kyrgyz language and alphabets".

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