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*'''Other names for "Kirghiz"''': <code>Kirghiz, Kirghizi, Kirgiz, Kyrgyz tili, Kyrgyzcha, Kara, Ke’erkez, Kara-Kirgiz</code> | *'''Other names for "Kirghiz"''': <code>Kirghiz, Kirghizi, Kirgiz, Kyrgyz tili, Kyrgyzcha, Kara, Ke’erkez, Kara-Kirgiz</code> | ||
*'''The Kirghiz language is spoken in''': <code>Kyrgyzstan</code> | *'''The Kirghiz language is spoken in''': <code>Kyrgyzstan</code> | ||
*'''Spoken by''': 4 million people | |||
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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. | ||
* 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. | |||
Kyrgyz is very close to Kazakh. It is usually classified with this as well as Tatar and Karakalpak within the Kiptchak language group. | |||
===Sources=== | ===Sources=== | ||