Kirgiz language
- noun
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idioma kirguís
- Many children in Kyrgyzstan learn the Kirgiz language at school.
Examples
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The Kirgiz language is taught in schools across the country.
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Many people in Kyrgyzstan use the Kirgiz language in their daily lives.
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He is fluent in both Russian and the Kirgiz language.
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The Kirgiz language is rich in history.
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He is fluent in both Russian and the Kirgiz language.
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Many people in Kyrgyzstan use the Kirgiz language in their daily lives.
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The Kirgiz language is taught in schools across the country.
Synonyms
A Turkic language spoken mainly in Kyrgyzstan
A language that Kirghiz people speak in Kyrgyzstan and nearby regions
A Turkic language spoken mainly in Kyrgyzstan and nearby areas
A language spoken by the Kyrgyz people in Kyrgyzstan and nearby areas
The language that Kyrgyz people speak in Kyrgyzstan
The language spoken by people in Kyrgyzstan
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'Kirgiz' (an ethnonym or adjectival form referring to the Kirghiz people/language) with 'language' — it denotes the language of that group. This noun + language naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows transparent composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand the phrase.
Etymology
Kirgiz language comes from the name of the people called Kirgiz, who live mainly in Kyrgyzstan and the nearby mountains and plains. So Kirgiz language simply means 'the language of the Kirgiz people'.
