Kyrgyz leid

Kyrgyz
кыргызча قىرعىزچا‎ qırğızça кыргыз тили qırğız tili
Pronunciation	[qɯɾʁɯzˈtʃɑ] [qɯɾˈʁɯz tiˈli]
Native tae	Kyrgyzstan (offeecial), Afghanistan, Xinjiang (Cheenae), Tajikistan, Roushie, Pakistan
Ethnicity	Kyrgyz fowk
Native speakers	4.3 million (2009 census)
Leid faimily	Turkic Common Turkic Kipchak Kyrgyz–Kipchak Kyrgyz
Writin seestem	Kyrgyz alphabets (Cyrillic script, Perso-Arabic script, umwhile Laitin, Kyrgyz Braille)
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	Kyrgyzstan Cheenae Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefectur Collective Security Treaty Organisation
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	ky
ISO 639-2	kir
ISO 639-3	kir
Glottolog	kirg1245
Linguasphere	44-AAB-cd

Kyrgyz or Kirgiz, an aa Kirghiz, Kyrghiz, Qyrghiz (Кыргыз тили, Qırğız tili/Kyrgyz tili, Arabic: قىرعىز تىلى) is a Turkic leid an, thegither wi Russian, an offeecial leid o Kyrgyzstan. Genetically it is maist closely relatit tae Altay an mair distantly so tae Kazakh; housomeivver, modern-day leid convergence haes resultit in an increasing degree o mutual intelligibility atween Kyrgyz an Kazakh.

Kyrgyz is spak bi aboot 4 million fowk in Kyrgyzstan, Cheenae, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Pakistan an Roushie. Kyrgyz wis oreeginally scrieved in Turkic uniform alphabet, gradually replaced bi a modifee'd Perso-Arabic script till the mid-20t century, when a Latin script wis briefly introduced, replaced due tae Soviet influence wi a modified form o the Cyrillic alphabet which eventually became common an haes remained so tae this day (although some Kyrgyz still uise the Arabic script). When Kyrgyzstan became independent follaein the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, thare wis a popular idea amang some Kyrgyz fowk tae revert tae the Latin alphabet. Housomeivver, that plan haes niver been implementit.