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name: locale-ky-kg
description: 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.
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# Locale: Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan) (ky-KG)

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)