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Description[edit | edit source]

Kyrgyz is the state language of Kyrgyzstan. [1] [2]
Russian is additionally an official language. [3]
Uzbek is the second most common native language with 700,000 native speakers.

Word List(s)[edit | edit source]

Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Alphabet

Pronunciation

Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]

Dictionaries

  • Krippes, Karl A. and Joldosh Juseav. Kyrgyz-English dictionary. Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press, 2011. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Thompson, Della, Marcus Wheeler, Boris Ottokar Unbegaun, and P. S. Falla. Oxford Russian dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Awde, Nicholas, William Dirks, and Umida Hikmatullaeva. Uzbek : Uzbek-English, English-Uzbek dictionary & phrasebook. New York: Hippocrene Books, 2002. Available at: WorldCat.

Online Dictionaries

Language Aids

Additional Resources[edit | edit source]

  • Xudoyberganov, Ravshan and Shahzodbek Matnazarov. Uzbek language. Saarbrücken: GlobeEdit, 2019. Available at: WorldCat.
  • Taranov, Andrey. Uzbek vocabulary for English speakers : 3000 words. n.p.: T & P Books Pub, 2013. Available at: WorldCat.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Kyrgyz language," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyz_language, accessed 4 Feb 2022.
  2. Wikipedia contributors, "Kyrgyzstan," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyzstan#Languages, accessed 4 Feb 2022.
  3. Wikipedia contributors, "Kyrgyzstan," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyzstan#Languages, accessed 4 Feb 2022.