Locale Ky Kg
Use when working with the Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan) locale (`ky-KG`) — its endonym Кыргызча (Кыргызстан), Cyrillic script, left-to-right (LTR) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.
Reference data for the Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan) locale — endonym Кыргызча (Кыргызстан), written in the Cyrillic script, left-to-right (LTR).
Identifiers
- BCP 47 tag:
ky-KG - ISO 639-1:
ky - ISO 639-3:
kir - Script: Cyrl (Cyrillic)
- Region: KG (Kyrgyzstan)
- Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)
Speakers (approximate)
- L1 (native): 5,600,000
- L2 (additional): 700,000
- L1+L2 (total): 6,300,000
Base locale
This is a regional variant of Locale Ky 001 (Kyrgyz), the base/macro locale for this language.
Pluralization
CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).
- one —
n = 1(e.g. 1) - other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)
See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.
Translating into this locale
Apply Locale Ky 001 with the conventions of Kyrgyzstan.
- Context: Kyrgyz is the state language and Russian is an official language and widely used; provide Kyrgyz content that is complete.
- Formats: som; dates
17.10.2026; 24-hour clock; decimal comma.
Common pitfalls
- Using Kazakh forms or letters.
- Providing Russian-only content for Kyrgyz audiences.
- The general pitfalls in Locale Ky 001 also apply.
Learn more
- Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
- Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
- Unicode CLDR locale data for number, date, and currency formats (https://cldr.unicode.org)