PROFILE
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| Total Speakers
2,631,420
Usage by Country
Official Language: Kyrgystan
Home Speakers: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, China and Afghanistan
Background
Kyrgyz is spoken principally in the Kyrgyz Republic, which borders on China. Like Turkmen, Uzbek, and Kazakh, it is one of the Turkic languages, belonging to the Altaic family of languages (Kipchak branch). Kyrgyz was written in the Arabic script until 1928 when the Latin alphabet was introduced, which in turn was replaced by the Cyrillic in 1940. The names 'Eastern Kyrgyz' and 'Western Kyrgyz' have been erroneously applied to Kazakh.
Received: 19981026
Posted: 19981026
Checked: 19981112
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