What is Kyrgyz language?
{{Infobox language |name=Kyrgyz language |nativename= |pronunciation= |states=[[Kyrgyzstan]] (official), [[Afghanistan]], [[Xinjiang]] ([[China]]), [[Tajikistan]], [[Russia]], [[Pakistan]] |speakers={{sigfig|4.33|2}} million |date=2009 census |ref=e18 |familycolor=Altaic |fam1=[[Turkic languages|Turkic]] |fam2=[[Common Turkic languages|Common Turkic]] |fam3=[[Kipchak languages|Kipchak]] |fam4=Kyrgyz–Kipchak |script= |iso1=ky |iso2=kir |iso3=kir |lingua=44-AAB-cd |notice=IPA |glotto=kirg1245 |glottorefname=Kirghiz }} '''Kyrgyz language''' is the official language of [[Kyrgyzstan]] and a branch of [[Turkic languages]] that most [[Kyrgyz people]] speak with. Kyrgyz is written with the [[Cyrillic alphabet]], but can be written in the [[Arabic alphabet]] in [[Xinjiang]], [[Afghanistan]], and [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://omniglot.com/writing/kirghiz.htm | title=Kyrgyz language and alphabets }}</ref> ==References == {{reflist}} {{Languages of Pakistan}} == Related pages == * [[Kyrgyz people]] * [[Turkic languages]] == Other websites == {{InterWiki|code=ky}} * [http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=62&menu=004 http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Kyrgyz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605042652/http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=62&menu=004 |date=2011-06-05 }} {{Languages of China}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Turkic languages]] [[Category:Languages of Kyrgyzstan]] [[Category:Languages of China]] [[Category:Languages of Russia]] [[Category:Languages of Tajikistan]] [[Category:Languages of Afghanistan]]