https://languageonthemove.com/shibboleth-kyrgyz-or-uzbek/ Multilingualism, Intercultural communication, Consumerism, Globalization, Gender & Identity, Migration & Social Justice, Language & Tourism Sun, 02 Jun 2019 06:12:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://languageonthemove.com/shibboleth-kyrgyz-or-uzbek/#comment-1516 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:30:28 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/?p=945#comment-1516 There is a difference in the facial features of Uzbeks and Kyrgyz which those who live in that region are very aware of. There is also a very easy shibboleth: Uzbeks say y where Kyrgyz say j. This would be obvious in many very common words, for example good – yaxshi in Uzbek and jaxshi in Kyrgyz.

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