Key characteristics of the Kyrgyz language

Kyrgyz translation produced with Central Asia language teams, terminology control, and Fora's quality workflow.

Belongs to the Kipchak branch; closest to Kazakh, with similarities to Altai and Uzbek.

Grammatical meaning is expressed through chains of suffixes added to an unchanging stem.

Suffixes agree with the stem vowels in backness and rounding.

Preserves one of the world's largest oral epic poems, transmitted orally for centuries.

Historically written in Arabic script, then the Soviet-era Cyrillic still in use today.

An elaborate system of address and polite forms reflects age, status and relationship between speakers.

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