The Kyrgyz alphabets are the alphabets used to write the Kyrgyz language

Kyrgyz language

Kyrgyz or Kirgiz, also Kirghiz, Kyrghiz, Qyrghiz is a Turkic language and, together with Russian, an official language of Kyrgyzstan...

. The Kyrgyz language uses the following alphabets:

• The Cyrillic script is officially used in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
  Kyrgyzstan
  Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
  
  
• The Arabic script is officially used in People's Republic of China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
   in the Kyzylsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture and the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
  Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
  Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture , in northernmost Xinjiang, is the only Kazakh autonomous prefecture of the People's Republic of China.-Geography and coordinates:The following figures excludes both Tacheng Prefecture and Altay Prefecture....
  
   of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

The Arabic script was traditionally used to write Kyrgyz before the introduction of the first Latin-based alphabets in 1927. Today an Arabic alphabet is used in China. The Uniform Turkic Alphabet

Uniform Turkic Alphabet

The Uniform Turkic Alphabet was a Latin alphabet used by non-Slavic peoples of the USSR in the 1930s. The alphabet used ligatures from Jaŋalif as it was also a part of the uniform alphabet. The uniform alphabet utilized Latin ligatures, excluding "w." Some additional ligatures were also introduced...

 was used in the USSR in the 1930s until its replacement by a Cyrillic script. The Kyrgyz Cyrillic alphabet is the alphabet used in Kyrgyzstan. It contains 36 letters: 33 from the Russian alphabet with 3 additional letters for sounds of the Kyrgyz language: Ң, Ү, Ө.

Correspondence chart

Correspondence chart of three Kyrgyz alphabets: the Kyrgyz Cyrillic alphabet used in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...

, the Kyrgyz Latin alphabet used 1928–1930 in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...

, and the Kyrgyz Arabic alphabet used in Xinjiang

Xinjiang

Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...

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Cyrillic	Name (in Cyrillic)	Arabic	Transliteration	Latin (1928—1940)	IPA transcription International Phonetic Alphabet The International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic...
А а	а	ا	A a	A a	/ɑ/
Б б	бе	ب	B b	B в	/b/, [w], [v]
В в	ве	ۋ	V v	V v	/v/
Г г	ге	گ  ع*	G g	G g, Ƣ ƣ	/ɡ/ [ʁ]
Д д	де	د	D d	D d	/d/
Е е	e	ه	E e	E e	/je/, /e/
Ё ё	ё	يو	Yo yo	Yo yo	/jo/
Ж ж	же	ج	J j	Ç Ç is a Latin script letter, used in the Albanian, Azerbaijani, Ligurian, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Kurdish and Zazaki alphabets. This letter also appears in Catalan, French, Friulian, Occitan and Portuguese as a variant of the letter “c”...  ç Ç is a Latin script letter, used in the Albanian, Azerbaijani, Ligurian, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Kurdish and Zazaki alphabets. This letter also appears in Catalan, French, Friulian, Occitan and Portuguese as a variant of the letter “c”...  (Ƶ ƶ from 1938)	/dʒ/
З з	зе	ز	Z z	Z z	/z/
И и	и	ى	İ i	I i	/i/
Й й	ий	ي	Y y	J j	/j/
К к	кa	ك  ق*	K k	K k, Q q	/k/, [q], [χ]
Л л	эл	ل	L l	L l	/l/
М м	эм	م	M m	M m	/m/
Н н	эн	ن	N n	N n	/n/
Ң ң	ың	ڭ	Ñ ñ	Ŋ ŋ	/ŋ/
О о	о	و	O o	O o	/o/
Ө ө	ө	ۅ	Ö ö	Ɵ ɵ	/ø/
П п	пe	پ	P p	P p	/p/
Р р	эр	ر	R r	R r	/r/
С с	эс	س	S s	S s	/s/
Т т	те	ت	T t	T t	/t/
У у	у	ۇ	U u	U u	/u/
Ү ү	ү	ۉ	Ü ü	Y y	/y/
Ф ф	эф	ف	F f	F f	/f/
Х х	ха	ح	H h	X x (H h before 1938)	[χ] /k/
Ц ц	це	تس	C c	Ts ts	/ts/
Ч ч	че	چ	Ç ç	C c	/tʃ/
Ш ш	ша	ش	Ş ş	Ş ş	/ʃ/
Щ щ	ща
Şç şç	Şc şc	/ʃtʃ/, /ʃː/
Ъ ъ	ажыратуу белгиси
(no phonemic value; only found in borrowings)
Ы ы	ы	ى	İ i	Ь ь	/ɯ/
Ь ь	ичкертүү белгиси
(no phonemic value; only found in borrowings)
Э э	э	ه	É é	E e	/e/
Ю ю	ю	يۋ	Yu yu	Yu yu	/ju/, /jy/
Я я	я	يا	Ya ya	Ya ya	/ja/, /jɑ/

• К – changes into if precedes or succeeds by letters а, о, у, ы.
• Г – changes into if precedes or succeeds by letters а, о, у, ы.

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Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly . The Declaration arose directly from the experience of the Second World War and represents the first global expression of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled...

 

Kyrgyz in Cyrillic script	Kyrgyz in Arabic script	Kyrgyz in Latin script	English
Бардык адамдар өз беделинде жана укуктарында эркин жана тең укуктуу болуп жаралат. Алардын аң-сезими менен абийири бар жана бири-бирине бир туугандык мамиле кылууга тийиш.	باردىق ادامدار ۅز بەدەلىندە جانا ۇقۇقتارىندا ەركىن جانا تەڭ ۇقۇقتۇۇ بولۇپ جارالات.۔ الاردىن اڭ-سەزىمى مەنەن ابئيىرى بار جانا بئرى-بئرىنە بئر تۇۇعاندىق مامئلە قىلۇۇعا تئيىش.	Bardık adamdar öz bedelinde jana ukuktarında érkin jana teñ ukuktuu bolup jaralat. Alardın añ-sezimi menen abiyiri bar jana biri-birine bir tuugandık mamile kıluuga tiyiş.	All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

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Name in Kyrgyz	Transliteration Transliteration Transliteration is a subset of the science of hermeneutics. It is a form of translation, and is the practice of converting a text from one script into another...	IPA International Phonetic Alphabet The International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic...	Final	Medial	Initial	Isolated

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External links

• Kyrgyz Cyrillic – Arabic – Latin converter
• Грамматический справочник – Письменность
• Kyrgyz Website in China using the Arabic script