Население и этнический состав
Давайте послушаем! Произношение “кыргыз” / “киргиз” / “кыргызский” / “киргизский”
In Russian, sometimes people pronounce the words for Kyrgyz like “кыргыз / кыргызка / кыргызы / кыргызский”, and sometimes people pronounce them like “киргиз / киргизка / киргизы / киргизский”. Listen to the following sentences and decide which you hear.
Упражнение 2. Этнический состав Кыргызстана
Read the chart, which shows population trends for the three biggest ethnic groups in Kyrgyzstan (points on the chart are 1926, 1959, 1989, 2024). Then listen to the sentences and decide if they are true or false according to the chart. Click on this link to see a bigger version of the chart. If you need to review comparatives, use the Подсказка.
Follow-up activity:
Use the internet to help you find out what caused some of the population trends in Kyrgyzstan from 1926-2024. When and why did the Kyrgyz population rise and fall? When and why did the percentage of Russians rise and fall? Another ethnic group that had a small but significant population in Kyrgyzstan was Germans, and it is another group that is interesting historically. Why were there groups of Germans living in Kyrgyzstan (they made up over 2% of the population at one point)? When and why did they come to Kyrgyzstan? When and why did they leave?
Sources:
кыргыз: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMR9gTPhVHo
киргизский: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPTvfvRu4_0
кыргызы: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0P7VeX-9vQ
на киргизском языке: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrdo_Ql-bY
киргизка: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppQGiIvQmk8
кыргызский: https://www.youtube.com/live/FaVsJec5-GE?si=5kjIWT0T7P4pJnCR
