Human beings have been interacting with the outside world since their existence. There are word types in the vocabulary of the language that express the method of realization of the communication process. Verbs, which are among these word types, constitute the basic lexical units of the language. Various classification proposals have been put forward in the literature in which the semantic features of verbs are taken into consideration. Classifying verbs appropriately according to various criteria allows us to understand the grammatical features of verbs. In semantic verb classifications, verbs such as “de-, söyle-, konuş-, sor-, sohbet et-, duyur-” are considered as “communication verbs” since they play a major role in transferring thoughts, feelings and information from one person to another. This study focuses on the communication verbs in Kyrgyz Turkish, one of the North-Western (Kypchak) Turkish dialects. The main purpose of the study is to determine the communicative verbs used in Kyrgyz Turkish and group them according to their semantic features. In this study, 221 communication verbs in the two-volume work “Kyrgyz-Turkish Dictionary” were discussed in terms of their meaning, structure and origin. Thus, the diversity and richness of the verbs related to communication in Kyrgyz Turkish has been revealed.
North-Western (Kypchak) Turkish dialects, Kyrgyz Turkish, verbs, communication verbs.