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Kyrgyz (Кыргызча), also spelled as Kirghiz, Kirgiz and Qirghiz, is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia. Kyrgyz 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 Province of Tajikistan. There is a very high level of mutual intelligibility between Kyrgyz, Kazakh and Altay. | Kyrgyz (Кыргызча), also spelled as Kirghiz, Kirgiz and Qirghiz, is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia. Kyrgyz 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 Province of Tajikistan. There is a very high level of mutual intelligibility between Kyrgyz, Kazakh and Altay. | ||
Kyrgyz is spoken by around 4 million people. It is written using the Cyrillic alphabet, to which three letters have been added. | |||
Kyrgyz is very close to Kazakh. It is usually classified with this as well as Tatar and Karakalpak within the Kiptchak language group. | |||
===Sources=== | |||
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyz_language | |||
* https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirghize | |||
==Kirghiz Dictionaries== | ==Kirghiz Dictionaries== | ||
Revision as of 22:10, 18 December 2021
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Facts about Kirghiz
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
kir - Autonyms (how to write "Kirghiz" in Kirghiz):
Кыргыз тили / Qьrƣьz tili / قىرعىز تيلى / Кыргызча / Qırğızça / قىرعىچه - Other names for "Kirghiz":
Kirghiz, Kirghizi, Kirgiz, Kyrgyz tili, Kyrgyzcha, Kara, Ke’erkez, Kara-Kirgiz - The Kirghiz language is spoken in:
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz (Кыргызча), also spelled as Kirghiz, Kirgiz and Qirghiz, is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia. Kyrgyz 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 Province of Tajikistan. There is a very high level of mutual intelligibility between Kyrgyz, Kazakh and Altay.
Kyrgyz is spoken by around 4 million people. It is written using the Cyrillic alphabet, to which three letters have been added.
Kyrgyz is very close to Kazakh. It is usually classified with this as well as Tatar and Karakalpak within the Kiptchak language group.
Sources
Kirghiz Dictionaries
• Tamgasoft: Kyrgyz-English dictionary & French, Russian
• spell checker, correction of spelling and grammar errors
• Pauctle: Kyrgyz-Turkish dictionary
• Кыргызча-орусча сөздук: Russian-Kyrgyz dictionary by Константин Юдахин (Constantin Yudakhin) (1984) А-К & Л-Я [PDF]
• Talking Kyrgyz phrasebook: Kyrgyz-English common phrases, by Michael Denner & Mirajidin Arynov (+ audio)
• 17 minute languages: Kyrgyz-English common phrases (+ audio)
• Kyrgyz-French-English glossary on livestock-keeping and pastures, by Irène Mestre (2018)