Kirghiz > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Kirghiz
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Kara-Kirgiz; Kirgiz; Kirghizi; Kara; Ke'erkez; Kirgisischen; Qazaqisch; Qyrghyz
Spoken in:
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey
Number of speakers:
2,450,000 in Kyrgyzstan (1993 UBS). Population total all countries: 2,893,354
(Ethnologue)
Code:
kir
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Turkic
Parent Subgroup:
South Kipchak; Aralo-Caspian (sstu)
Child Dialects:
Southern Kirghiz (kir-sou)
Northern Kirghiz (kir-nor)
Map of Kirghiz
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