Kyrgyzstan

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Official Name
Kyrgyz Republic
Population Full

6,316,000 (2018 World Bank)

Principal Languages
Kyrgyz, Russian
Literacy Rate
100% (2018 UNESCO)
International Conventions
CDE (1995), CSICH (2006), ICCPR (1994), UNCRPD (2019)
General References
Sebeok 1963
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Kyrgyzstan is 8. All are living languages. Of these, 2 are indigenous and 6 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 2 are institutional, 4 are developing, 1 is in trouble, and 1 is dying. Also listed are 15 unestablished languages.