Languages of Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz Republic. National or official language: Kirghiz. 4,643,000 (1998 UN). Formerly part of USSR. Capital: Bishkek (Biskeck). 76,642 square miles. Literacy rate 99%. Also includes Armenian 3,285, North Azerbaijani 17,207, Bashkir 3,250, Belarusan 7,676, Chechen, Chuvash 2,092, Crimean Turkish 38,000, Dargwa 1,419, Erzya 5,390, Georgian 1,002, Standard German 101,057, Kalmyk-Oirat, Karachay-Balkar 1,973, Karakalpak, Kazakh 37,000, Korean 18,000, Kurmanji 14,000, Lak 257, Lezgi 1,599, Lithuanian 430, Halh Mongolian, Romanian 1,375, Russian 1,408,800, Tajiki 34,000, Tatar 70,000, Turkish, Turkmen 352, Ukrainian 109,000, Uyghur 37,000, Northern Uzbek 657,440. Information mainly from T. Sebeok 1963. Muslim, Jewish (7,680), Christian. Data accuracy estimate: B. The number of languages listed for Kyrgyzstan is 2. Of those, both are living languages. Diversity index 0.67.

Spoken living languages

DUNGAN

[DNG] 38,000 in Kyrgyzstan (1993 Johnstone). Mother tongue speakers were 95% out of an ethnic population of 52,000 in the former USSR (1979 census). Population total all countries 49,400 out of an ethnic population of 100,000. Alternate names: DZHUNYAN, TUNGAN, HUIZU, ZWN'JAN, KWUIZWU. Dialects: GANSU, SHAANXI (SHENSI), YAGE. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
 

KIRGHIZ

[KDO] 2,448,220 in the former USSR (1993 UBS), 98% of the 2,539,000 Kirghiz speak it as mother tongue. Population total all countries 2,631,420. Alternate names: KARA-KIRGIZ, KIRGIZ. Dialects: NORTHERN KIRGIZ, SOUTHERN KIRGIZ. Classification: Altaic, Turkic, Western, Aralo-Caspian.
 

 

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