| Language details | |
| KIRGHIZ | Links (4) Materials (2) Books (6) | |
| Alternative names: KARA-KIRGIZ, KIRGIZ | ||
| Number of speakers: 2.631.420 | ||
| Language Code: KDO | ||
| In language groups: ALTAIC » TURKIC » WESTERN TURKIC » ARALO-CASPIAN | ||
| Spoken in: AFGHANISTAN [Details], CHINA [Details], KYRGYZSTAN [Details], TAJIKISTAN [Details], TURKEY [Details], UZBEKISTAN [Details] | ||
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Description: Kirghiz is spoken by more than 2.500.000 people. The majority of the speakers live in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. It is also spoken in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan and Turkey. Kirghiz is a member of the western branch... [more ...] | ||
| Links | ||
| 1 | Kirghiz Language Map http://www.largeformatcomputing.com/resource/turkic/kirghiz.htm | |
| 2 | Kirghiz Proverbs http://students.washington.edu/elmira/categories.html | |
| 3 | Kyrgyz Profile http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/profiles/profk05.htm | |
| 4 | The Kirgiz Ethnic Minority http://www.china.org.cn/e-groups/shaoshu/shao-2-kirgiz.htm | |
| Materials | ||
| 1 | Kirghiz Language Map | |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | |
| Books | ||
| 1 | Batmanov, I. A.: Grammatika kirgizskogo jazyka I-III | |
| 2 | Batmanov, I. A.: Kratkoe vvedenie v izu��enie kirgizskogo jazyka | |
| 3 | Batmanov, I. A.: Sovremennij kirgizskij jazyk | |
| 4 | Hebert, Raymond: Kirghiz Manual | |
| 5 | Judaxin, K. K. : Kirgizsko-russkij slovar' | |
| 6 | Rudelson, Justin Jon: Central Asia Phrasebook | |