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Kyrgyz Language

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Kyrgyz language

Kyrgyz: Official language of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Number of Kyrgyz Speakers: Two millions.

Kyrgyz Speakers: In Kyrgyz Republic, China (150,000), Mongolia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Turkey.

Language Classification: Central Turkic (or Aralo-Caspian) family.

Kyrgyz Alphabet: Modified Cyrillic since 1940, previously in Arabic script. 

Kyrgyz Orthography: Nine sets of short and long vowels and 19 consonants. Six cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, locative, and ablative.

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Kyrgyz Language History: Earliest scripts (Turkic Orkhon) go back to the 8th century A.D. Country was invaded by Turks, Mongols, and the Soviets, delaying developments in the language. Many migrated to China after the Soviet occupation.

Major Events: Independence was gained in 1991 after the break up of the Soviet system.

For more linguistic affiliation, language variation, orthography, linguistic sketch, and history of Kyrgyz language UCLA Language Materials Project has a good linguistics and interlingual background information on Kyrgyz.

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