Just weeks after making its debut, Kazakhstan’s provisional Latin alphabet is drawing widespread criticism, even from those who strongly support the Latinization of the written language. Discontent is ...

When Sarvar Otamuradov ran for president in Uzbekistan last year, one of his main campaign promises was to push through the full-fledged adoption of the Latin alphabet. The tone of Otamuradov’s ...

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 ...

BISHKEK -- The five countries of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) have overcome years of disagreements about letters and diacritical marks to agree on a common Latin alphabet for their ...

Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "You can try to declare a general rule, which applies in many historical periods and in many linguistic situations: the more the creators of a new alphabet are flexible and ...

The following is a partner post from EurasiaNet.org written by Uli Schamiloglu. Republished with permission. Kazakhstan’s planned transition to the Latin alphabet raises complex questions. While ...

This week, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with officials responsible for shepherding the Kazakh language from its present Cyrillic script into a Latin alphabet. As reported by RFE/RL, ...