Definitions
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- proper noun A
language ofKyrgyzstan . - proper noun Turkish
ethnic group in Kyrgyzstan.
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- noun a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
- noun a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia
- noun the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz
Etymologies
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Kazakh has been referred to as Kirghiz, Kirghiz-Kaisak, or Kazakh-Kirghiz while Kara-Kirghiz or Kara-Kyrgyz black Kyrgyz was the term used for what we call Kyrgyz.
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Schools were established to instruct students in everything from Ukrainian and Kirghiz to Evenk and Chukchi.
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Schools were established to instruct students in everything from Ukrainian and Kirghiz to Evenk and Chukchi.
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In Central Asia, they combined small clans and tribes to form the Kazakh, Kirghiz, and Turkmen “nations.”
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In Central Asia, they combined small clans and tribes to form the Kazakh, Kirghiz, and Turkmen “nations.”
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Schools were established to instruct students in everything from Ukrainian and Kirghiz to Evenk and Chukchi.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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In Central Asia, they combined small clans and tribes to form the Kazakh, Kirghiz, and Turkmen “nations.”
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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In Central Asia, they combined small clans and tribes to form the Kazakh, Kirghiz, and Turkmen “nations.”
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Schools were established to instruct students in everything from Ukrainian and Kirghiz to Evenk and Chukchi.
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However their common predominant characteristic is a strong rhythmical regularity based on a complex of eight syllables with a strong accent on the uneven numbers alternating with the more weakly accented numbers, somewhat reminiscent of the Kirghiz Manas and other Asiatic oral epics.
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