Kyrgyz Bible

Complete Bible in the Kyrgyz Language for the people of Kyrgyzstan

Kodaj Sozu

VERY RARE BIBLE!   Been out of print for a while.  We have a few on hand.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1260 pages
• Publisher: Bible Society; 1'st edition (2004)
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds

Kyrgyz is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch, closely related to Kazakh, Karakalpak, and Nogay Tatar. It was written in the Arabic alphabet until the twentieth century. The Latin script was introduced and adopted on Stalin's orders in 1928, and was subsequently replaced by Cyrillic script in 1941. A reformed Perso-Arabic alphabet, created by the Kyrgyz intellectual and scientist Kasym Tynystanov is the official script of the Kyrgyz language in the People's Republic of China. As a result of the pending language reform in neighboring Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan will be the only independent Turkic-speaking country in a few years that exclusively uses the Cyrillic alphabet.