romanization of Kyrgyz

{{Short description|Systems for rendering the Kyrgyz language in the Latin alphabet}}

The Kyrgyz language is written in the Kyrgyz alphabet, a modification of Cyrillic. There is no commonly accepted system of romanization for Kyrgyz, i.e. a rendering of Kyrgyz in the Latin alphabet. For geographic names, the Kyrgyz government adopted the BGN/PCGN romanization system.{{cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/docs/29th-gegn-docs/WP/WP24_4_Report%20of%20the%20Eastern%20Europe,%20Northern%20and%20Central%20Asia%20Divsiion_english.pdf|title=Report of Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia Division|page=8|publisher=UNGEGN|date=April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://cbd.minjust.gov.kg/act/view/ru-ru/59464|title=Position on the transfer of names of geographical objects of the Kyrgyz Republic in the letters of the Latin alphabet|date=19 August 2008}}

There have been periodic discussions about changing the country's official writing system to Latin script. These proposals have seen little progress as the Cyrillic alphabet is more firmly established in Kyrgyzstan than in other post-Soviet Turkic states, which have either successfully switched to Latin script (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan) or are in active transition (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan). In April 2023, Russia suspended dairy exports to Kyrgyzstan after the chairman of Kyrgyzstan’s National Commission for the State Language and Language Policies, Kanybek Osmonaliyev, proposed to change the official script from Cyrillic to Latin to bring the country in line with other Turkic-speaking nations. Osmonaliyev was reprimanded by President Sadyr Japarov who then clarified that Kyrgyzstan had no plans to replace the Cyrillic alphabet.[https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-kyrgyzstan-dairy-products-banned-cyrillic-latin/32373802.html Russia Suspends Dairy Products From Kyrgyzstan After Calls In Bishkek To Drop Cyrillic Script]. Radio Free Europe, 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023

Some Kyrgyz romanization systems are given below:

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style="vertical-align:bottom;" !Cyrillic !ALA/LC[https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/nonslav.pdf Non-Slavic Languages (in Cyrillic Script)], Library of Congress, accessed 22 January 2022. !BGN/PCGN[https://geonames.nga.mil/geonames/GNSSearch/GNSDocs/romanization/ROMANIZATION_OF_KYRGYZ.pdf Romanization of Kyrgyz], United States Board on Geographic Names, October 2017. !ISO 9[https://www.iso.org/standard/3589.html ISO 9:1995. Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters — Slavic and non-Slavic languages], ISO.[http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom2_ky.pdf Kirghiz], UNGEGN Working Group on Romanization Systems, March 2016. !Common Turkic alphabet !wiktionary:Wiktionary:Kyrgyz_transliteration
А а	A a	A a	A a	A a |A a
Б б	B b	B b	B b	B b |B b
В в	V v	V v	V v	V v |V v
Г г	G g	G g	G g	G g |G g
Д д	D d	D d	D d	D d |D d
Е е	E e	E e	E e	Ye ye, e |Ye ye, e
Ё ё	Ë ë	Yo yo	Ë ë	Yo yo |Yo yo
Ж ж	Zh zh	J j	Ž ž	C c |J j
З з	Z z	Z z	Z z	Z z |Z z
И и	I i	I i	I i	İ i |İ i
Й й	Ĭ ĭ	Y y	J j	Y y |Y y
К к	K k	K k	K k	K k |K k
Л л	L l	L l	L l	L l |L l
М м	M m	M m	M m	M m |M m
Н н	N n	N n	N n	N n |N n
Ң ң	N͡g n͡g	Ng ng	N̦ n̦	Ñ ñ |Ŋ ŋ
О о	O o	O o	O o	O o |O o
Ө ө	Ȯ ȯ	Ö ö	Ô ô	Ö ö |Ö ö
П п	P p	P p	P p	P p |P p
Р р	R r	R r	R r	R r |R r
С с	S s	S s	S s	S s |S s
Т т	T t	T t	T t	T t |T t
У у	U u	U u	U u	U u |U u
Ү ү	U̇ u̇	Ü ü	Ù ù	Ü ü |Ü ü
Ф ф	F f	F f	F f	F f |F f
Х х	Kh kh	Kh kh	H h	H h |H h
Ц ц	T͡s t͡s	Ts ts	C c	Ts ts |Ts ts
Ч ч	Ch ch	Ch ch	Č č	Ç ç |C c
Ш ш	Sh sh	Sh sh	Š š	Ş ş |Ş ş
Щ щ	Shch shch	Shch shch	Ŝ ŝ	Şç şç |Şc şc
Ъ ъ	{{hardsign}}	ˮ	{{hardsign}}	{{hardsign}} |—
Ы ы	Y y	Y y	Y y	I ı |I ı
Ь ь	′{{softsign}}	{{hamza}}	{{softsign}}	{{softsign}} |—
Э э	Ė ė	E e	È è	E e |E e
Ю ю	I͡u i͡u	Yu yu	Û û	Yu yu |Yu yu
Я я	I͡a i͡a	Ya ya	 â	Ya ya |Ya ya