Language/Kirghiz

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Facts about Kirghiz

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.

• 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.

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• 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
• Spoken by: 4 million people

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyz_language
• https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirghize

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)

• Russian, bidirectional http://tili.kg/

Sources

• https://www.lexilogos.com/english/kyrgyz_dictionary.htm
• https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Dictionaries

Free Kirghiz Lessons

• Grammar Lessons

• Vocabulary Lessons

• Pronunciation Lessons

• Culture Lessons

Language Exchange

• Find members TEACHING Kirghiz

• Find members LEARNING Kirghiz

Forum

• SHARE ideas about Kirghiz

• Ask a QUESTION about Kirghiz

Tools

• Have your text CORRECTED in Kirghiz

• VIDEOS to learn Kirghiz

Marketplace

• Buy or Sell SERVICES related to Kirghiz

Last Lessons

Traditional Music and Instruments — Famous Writers and Poets — Weather Conditions — Seasons — Comparative and Superlative — Adjective Agreement — Asking for Directions — Modes of Transportation — Traditional Clothing — Holidays and Celebrations — Ordering at a Restaurant — Meals and Ingredients — Past Tense — Present Tense — Relationship Status — Family Members — Personal Pronouns — Possessive Pronouns — Noun Cases — Telling Time — Ordinal Numbers — Cardinal Numbers — Subject Object Verb Order — Introducing Yourself — Basic Greetings — 0 to A1 Course — How to Use Have — How to Use Be — How to say Good Bye? — Health