A, B, C, D, E, F, G – makes you want to hum the alphabet song. But there’s no real reason why people should learn these letters in this order. There are plenty of ...

Communication between Turkic-speaking countries will add a new dimension to Kazakhstan's transition from the Cyrillic alphabet to the Latin alphabet in 2023. Despite gaining independence from the ...

It disrupted the communication of the Turkish sphere of influence in areas such as language, literature, commerce and economy. Kazakhstan has introduced the new Latin alphabet prepared with the ...

Kazakhstan has announced plans to switch the from Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet, its third change in less than 100 years. The latest Kazakh security device: a personal guard wolf Kazakhstan President ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 2 -- Citizens of the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan were coming to terms Thursday with the previous day's controversial decision to switch from the Cyrillic to the Latin ...

Alphabet-tinkering continues apace in Central Asia. This time it is the turn of Uzbekistan, where language officials have unveiled the latest — and what they say is the last — revision to the Latin ...

In April, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev included an order to generate a plan to switch Kazakh from a Cyrillic to a Latin alphabet by 2025 in a larger “strategic plan,” published in a state-run ...

Kazakhstan has announced it will outline a new alphabet by the end of this year as the Central Asian nation plans to change from a Cyrillic-based script to Latin. Kazakh Minister of Education and ...

The transition from Cyrillic script to a Roman-based alphabet is "historically important" for Kazakhstan, according to President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Monday. Speaking during a meeting with ...

BISHKEK -- Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev has expressed doubts about a possible switch of the Kyrgyz language from Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet. Speaking at a conference in Bishkek on July 20, ...

Kazakhstan’s planned transition to the Latin alphabet raises complex questions. While alphabets may not be important in and of themselves, they play an important role in helping define a nation’s ...

Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed a decree to switch the country’s official alphabet from Cyrillic to Latin. The president’s office on Friday announced that the government will ...