Editing Kyrgyz language (section)

==Orthography==
{{Main|Kyrgyz alphabets}}

Historically the Old Turkic Script was the first script used to write Kyrgyz.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Jumabaeva |first1=Guliam |title=Kyrgyz Language Manual |last2=Abylkasymove |first2=Miriam |date=June 1996 |publisher=Peace Corps, Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) |location=Bishkek |pages=13–18 |language=en, ky}}</ref> 

The Kyrgyz in [[Kyrgyzstan]] use a [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic alphabet]], which uses all the Russian letters plus [[ң]], [[ө]] and [[ү]]. Though in the [[Xinjiang]] region of China, an [[Arabic script|Arabic alphabet]] is used. Between 1928 and 1940, a [[Common Turkic Alphabet#In the USSR|Latin alphabet]] was used for many minority languages in the USSR, including Kyrgyz. There have been attempts after 1990 to introduce other Latin alphabets which are closer to the [[Turkish alphabet]], e.g. the [[Common Turkic Alphabet]]. There are political shades to the Cyrillic-Latin debate. In April 2023, Russia suspended dairy exports to Kyrgyzstan after a proposal by the chairman of Kyrgyzstan's National Commission for the State Language and Language Policies, Kanybek Osmonaliev, to change the alphabet from Cyrillic to Latin to bring the country in line with other Turkic nations. Osmonaliev was reprimanded by President [[Sadyr Japarov]], who later clarified that Kyrgyzstan had no plans to replace the Cyrillic alphabet.<ref>[https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-kyrgyzstan-dairy-products-banned-cyrillic-latin/32373802.html Russia Suspends Dairy Products From Kyrgyzstan After Calls In Bishkek To Drop Cyrillic Script]. [[Radio Free Europe]], 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023</ref>

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|+Comparison of Kyrgyz alphabets<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Kyrgyz language and alphabets |url=https://omniglot.com/writing/kirghiz.htm |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=omniglot.com}}</ref>
!Cyrillic
!Braille
!Arabic
![[Yañalif|Latin]]
(1928–⁠1938)
|-
|[[А]] [[а]]
|⠁
|[[ا]]
|A a
|-
|[[Б]] [[б]]
|⠃
|[[ب]]
|B ʙ
|-
|[[В]] [[в]]
|⠺
|[[ۋ]]
|V v
|-
|[[Г]] [[г]]
|⠛
|[[گ]]
[[ع]]*
|G g, [[Ƣ]] [[ƣ]]
|-
|[[Д]] [[д]]
|⠙
|[[د]]
|D d
|-
|[[Е]] [[е]]
|⠑
|[[ە]]
|E e
|-
|[[Ё]] [[ё]]
|⠡
|ي+و(يو)
|Jo jo
|-
|[[Ж]] [[ж]]
|⠚
|[[ج]]
|[[Ç|Cc]] ([[Ƶ]] [[ƶ]] from 1938)
|-
|[[З]] [[з]]
|⠵
|[[ز]]
|Z z
|-
|[[И]] [[и]]
|⠊
|[[ئ]]
|I i
|-
|[[Й]] [[й]]
|⠯
|[[ي]]
|J j
|-
|[[К]] [[к]]
|⠅
|[[ك]]
[[ق]]*
|K k, Q q
|-
|[[Л]] [[л]]
|⠇
|[[ل]]
|L l
|-
|[[М]] [[м]]
|⠍
|[[م]]
|M m
|-
|[[Н]] [[н]]
|⠝
|[[ن]]
|N n
|-
|[[Ң]] [[ң]]
|⠽
|[[ڭ]]
|[[Ꞑ]] [[ꞑ]]
|-
|[[О]] [[о]]
|⠕
|[[و]]
|O o
|-
|[[Ө]] [[ө]]
|⠌
|[[ۅ]]
|[[Ɵ]] [[ɵ]]
|-
|[[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]]
|Y y
|-
|[[Ф]] [[ф]]
|⠋
|[[ف]]
|F f
|-
|[[Х]] [[х]]
|⠓
|[[ح]]
|H h
|-
|[[Ц]] [[ц]]
|⠉
|(ت+س (تس
|Ts ts
|-
|[[Ч]] [[ч]]
|⠟
|[[چ]]
|Ç ç
|-
|[[Ш]] [[ш]]
|⠱
|[[ش]]
|Ş ş
|-
|[[Щ]] [[щ]]
|⠭
| -
|ŞÇ şç
|-
|[[Ъ]] [[ъ]]
|⠷
| -
| -
|-
|[[Ы]] [[ы]]
|⠮
|[[ى]]
|[[I with bowl|Ь]] [[I with bowl|ь]]
|-
|[[Ь]] [[ь]]
|⠾
| -
| -
|-
|[[Э]] [[э]]
|⠪
|[[ە]]
|E e
|-
|[[Ю]] [[ю]]
|⠳
|ي+ۇ(يۇ)
|Ju ju
|-
| [[Я]] [[я]]
|⠫
|ي+ا(يا)
|Ja ja
|-
|}