Turkic family
Kyrgyz
c. 1500 CE – today Living
Kyrgyz (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Turkic language. Lineage: Proto-Turkic → Old Turkic → Proto-Kipchak → Kyrgyz.
See Kyrgyz on the interactive map- Speakers
- 5M (5,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- kir
- Glottocode
- kirg1245
Kipchak language of Kyrgyzstan. Some classifications place it with Southern Altai in a Kyrgyz–Kipchak subgroup, reflecting an older Siberian origin.
Lineage
- Proto-Turkicc. 200 BCE – 500 CE
- Old Turkic550 CE – 900 CE
- Proto-Kipchakc. 800 CE – 1200 CE
- Kyrgyzc. 1500 CE – today
Sister languages 5
Also descended from Proto-Kipchak.