Languages
Kyrgyz - 64.7%, Uzbek - 13.6% Russian - 12.5%, Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (census 1999)
In March 1996, the Kyrgyzstani legislature amended the constitution to make Russian an official language, along with Kyrgyz, in territories and work places where Russian-speaking citizens predominate.
Read more about this topic: Demographics Of Kyrgyzstan
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