Languages in Kyrgyzstan

When you talk about languages in Kyrgyzstan, there are basically two languages that are mainly the official languages in Kyrgyzstan. One is the Russian and the other language is the Kyrgyz language. Now having two official languages in one country is a bit of confusion for the natives there but surprisingly the languages in Kyrgyzstan does not tend to confuse the people living there at all. 

History of Kyrgyzstan Languages

If we get to the roots of the languages in Kyrgyzstan, we get to know that the Kyrgyz language was the only official language in Kyrgyzstan till 1991. But this changed when the Russian minority living there for a long time started pressurizing the country; Russian also became an official language in Kyrgyzstan. We know bits about Russian language but let’s look into the Kyrgyz language a little. While Kyrgyz language is a Turkic language which was written in the Arabic Alphabet style until the Kyrgyz people started writing it in Italian script. Although this Italian script style did not last long because it was then changed into Cyrillic style in 1941. 

Details About Kyrgyzstan National Languages

Languages in Kyrgyzstan are two according to the statistics; the Russian language is spoken by almost 2.5 million of the population living there while the Kyrgyz language is spoken by 4.1 million populations living in the country. Other types of the national language in Kyrgyzstan also include Uzbek, French, and German. The language in Kyrgyzstan that is used for business purposes and also in politics is the Russian language while Kyrgyz is more used at home.

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