Talk:Kyrgyz language
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I reverted the changes by 129.16.117.113, who had earlier:
- Deleted the romanization of the native name and changed it to Cyrillic, when the Cyrillic already appeared right next to the romanization (i.e. Кыргыз тили (Кыргыз тили)) instead of (Кыргыз тили (Kirgiz tili))
- Changed number of speakers from 3 to 7 million without citation
- Changed "Kirghiz" to "KIRGIZ" (in all caps) for no obvious reason
- Changed interlanguage link Киргизский язык (Russian) to non-existent
- Changed interlanguage link Кыргыз Тили (Kyrgyz) to Кыргызча, which is just a redirect to Кыргыз Тили in the first place
Also, User:Amgine, I reverted your change of the native name. Now it's back to Кыргыз тили --- I freely admit my Kyrgyz is not good enough to make an independent judgment on this, but IMHO it's best to go with what the Kyrgyz Wiki itself calls the Kyrgyz language, namely Кыргыз тили. cab 01:51, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Kazakh & Kyrgyz related
The assertion that Kyrgyz is most closely related to Kazakh is debateable. It seems that the similarties between the two are artificial and have more to do with language contact than any genetic relationship. Kyrgyz seems most closely related to Altay & Kazakh to Karakalpak. Straughn 04:38, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
