The Kyrgyz are a largely Muslim people of Turko-Mongol origins whose language, Kyrgyz, is a member of the central, or Kipchak, branch of the Turkic linguistic group. The Kyrgyz language is divided into northern and southern dialects, and there are also...

Words derived from nouns, e.g. (to) hammer (< hammer). word...

Kyrgyz or Kirghiz (Kyrgyz tili, Кыргыз тили, قىرعىز ٴتىلى) is a Turkic language, and, together with Russian, an official language of Kyrgyzstan. It is most closely related to Altay, and more distantly so to Kazakh. Kyrgyz is spoken...

Citizen Warriors use community outreach to supplement their mission in Central Asian nation. Kyrgyzstan... few Americans can say the country's name without getting tongue-tied. But a thousand servicemembers call this former Soviet-block country home as they support Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Based...

The military-political situation in Central Asia--due to its geographic location in the present geopolitical situation and the recent internal political events in a number of countries in this region--remains complicated. It is also to very considerable degree influenced by the overlapping political and...