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Kyrgyz is the native language of Askar Akayev, who served as the first president of Kyrgyzstan from 1991 to 2005. Kyrgyz belongs to the Turkic language family and is closely related to other Central Asian languages such as Kazakh, Uzbek, and Turkmen. It is the official language of Kyrgyzstan and is also spoken by significant minorities in neighboring countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.