From Wikitravel

Kyrgyz is a language spoken by 4 million people primarily in Kyrgyzstan and, to a lesser extent, in adjacent regions such as Kazakhstan, Xinjiang (China), Uzbekistan, & Tajikistan. In Kyrgyzstan, the language is co-official with Russian, which is the predominate language used in urban areas (especially Bishkek) while Kyrgyz is predominate in rural areas and small cities/towns. It is a Turkic language and has many similarities with languages such as Turkish, Tartar, Kazakh, Azeri, & Uzbek. As a result of close ties culturally and economically, Kyrgyz has become increasingly mutually intelligible with Kazakh in recent decades.

[edit] Script

The alphabet used for Kyrgyz was originally an Arabic script followed by a 20th century conversion to Roman script, much like the Arabic-Roman switch in other Turkic languages. However, cyrillic script was forced on the language by the Soviet government (as they did with all other Turkic languages) and cyrillic remains the alphabet used today by the overwhelming percentage of Kyrgyz speakers except in China, where Arabic script is the official script imposed by Chinese authorities.

Cyrillic	Arabic (initial)	Latin
А а	ا	A a
Б б	ب	B b
В в	ۋ	V v
Г г	گ	G g
Д д	د	D d
Е е	ه	Ye ye
Ё ё	يو	Yo yo
Ж ж	ج	J j
З з	ز	Z z
И и	ي	İ i
Й й	ي	Y y
К к	ك	K k
Л л	ل	L l
М м	م	M m
Н н	ن	N n
Ң ң	ڭ	Ñ ñ
О о	و	O o
Ө ө	ۅ	Ö ö
П п	پ	P p
Р р	ر	R r
С с	س	S s
Т т	ت	T t
У у	ۇ	U u
Ү ү	ۉ	Ü ü
Ф ф	ف	F f
Х х	ح	X x
Ц ц	تس	C c
Ч ч	چ	Ç ç
Ш ш	ش	Ş ş
Щ щ	--	Şç şç
Ъ ъ	--
Ы ы	ى	I ı
Ь ь	--
Э э	ه	E e
Ю ю	يۋ	Yu yu
Я я	يا	Ya ya

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[edit] Basics

Common signs OPEN  CLOSED  ENTRANCE  EXIT  PUSH  PULL  TOILET  MEN  WOMEN  FORBIDDEN

Hello. 

Salamatsyzby. ( )

Hello. (informal) 

Salam. ( )

How are you? 

Kandaisiz? ( ?)

Fine, thank you. 

Jakshuh, rakhmat. ( )

What is your name? 

Atyngyz kim? ( ?)

My name is ______ . 

Menim atem______. ( _____.)

Nice to meet you. 

Siz menen tanyshkanyma kubanychtumun. ( )

Please. 

Suranych/Otunuch. ( )

Thank you. 

Rakhmat. ( )

You're welcome. 

Echteke emes. ( )

Yes. 

Ooba. ( )

No. 

Jok. ( )

Excuse me. (getting attention) 

Ozor dilerem. ( )

Excuse me. (begging pardon) 

Kecheraysis. ( )

I'm sorry. 

Korushkoncho. ( )

Goodbye 

Jakshuh Kalgula. ( )

Help! 

Jardam Bergulay! ( !)

Good morning. 

Kutmanduu tangyngyz menen. ( )

Good evening. 

Kutmanduu kechingiz menen. ( )

I don't understand. 

Men tushunbaym. ( )

Where is the toilet? 

Tualet kaida? ( ?)

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one 

бир (bir)

two 

Eki

three 

ooch

four 

turt

five 

Besh

six 

Altuh

seven 

жети (..jeti.)

eight 

сегиз (segiz)

nine 

toguz

ten 

On

jirma Ortuz Kirk Eluu Altumush jetimush Seksen tokson Júz Meen

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[edit] Learning more

A 325 page PDF document covering the Kyrgyz language, originally created for US Peace Corps volunteers in Kyrgyzstan, is available to view and download here.

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