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Release Date: 4/14/2026
Format: TXT
Size: 282.41 MB
This dataset serves as a comprehensive longitudinal news corpus for the Kyrgyz language, sourced from Radio Azattyk (azattyk.org), the Kyrgyz service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Spanning from October 2002 to March 2026, the corpus contains 352,396 unique articles, totaling over 79 million tokens across Kyrgyz, Russian, and English texts. The dataset captures the historical record and linguistic evolution of the region over more than two decades, intentionally preserving the Russian and English articles published alongside the core Kyrgyz content. The files are formatted as plain text with YAML front-matter metadata, making them ready for linguistic analysis, search indexing, and cultural preservation research.
Licensing
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0)
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0.htmlRestrictions/Special Constraints
When using RFE/RL text content in full, we require that you credit RFE/RL by including:
• A permanent link, placed before the text of the article, to the original article on www.rferl.org or www.azattyk.org • The following text in the article: Copyright (c) 2026 RFE/RL, Inc. Used with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
You must also refrain from altering or distorting the meaning, name, or integrity of the product.
When using excerpts of RFE/RL text content, we require that you note that the material is an excerpt and link to the original content somewhere in your text.
When translating RFE/RL text content into another language, we require that you note that the material is a translation, state the original language of the text, and provide a link to the original content somewhere in your text. The translated text must not alter or distort the meaning, name, or integrity of the content.
Forbidden Usage
• The sale of RFE/RL content is prohibited. • The use of RFE/RL content in advertisements or endorsements is prohibited. • The use of RFE/RL content to train artificial intelligence (AI) systems is prohibited.
This corpus was extracted from the archives of Radio Azattyk (azattyk.org), the Kyrgyz Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
ky): 339099 articles (~77619670 tokens)ru): 12778 articles (~1783624 tokens)en): 519 articles (~74365 tokens)Note on Processing & Multilingual Content:
pycld2 Python package (version 0.42).azattyk.ru.txt and azattyk.en.txt).The dataset is provided as text files based on detected language:
azattyk.ky.txtazattyk.ru.txtazattyk.en.txtInside the files, each article is delimited by a YAML Front Matter block containing metadata, followed by the full article text.
url: The canonical URL of the original article.title: The headline of the article.date: Publication date (ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DD).script: The writing system used (cyrl or latn).lang: The detected language code (ky, ru, or en).All content is the property of RFE/RL, Inc. and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.
Users of this dataset must adhere to the RFE/RL Terms of Use. Specifically, users must credit RFE/RL in any reuse:
Copyright (c) 2026 RFE/RL, Inc. Used with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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