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  • Kazakhstan to change from Cyrillic to Latin alphabet

    10/27/2017 9:34:09 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 19 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 10.27.2017 | cw/sms (AFP, dpa, Reuters)
    Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Friday announced the country’s alphabet will gradually switch from Cyrillic to Latin script. Kazakh, a Turkic language, currently uses a modified Cyrillic alphabet with 42 letters. The Latin alphabet will have 32 letters. Certain sounds will be covered by the use of apostrophes. The changeover is scheduled to be fully implemented by 2025. Officials said the switch is part of a modernization drive and an attempt to make use of technology easier. The Kazakh Cyrillic keyboard, for example, uses all number and punctuation keys in order to cover the 42 letters of Cyrillic alphabet. The...