Just a few months later, the change was already law: on November 1, the Grand National Assembly passed Law No. 1353 on the ...

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 ...

Uzbekistan’s new Latin-based Uzbek alphabet law takes effect on 22 April 2027, introducing 28 letters and an apostrophe while allowing older materials to remain in use.

Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoev has issued a decree to hasten the full transition of the Uzbek language from the Cyrillic to Latin alphabet. The decree issued on October 21 outlines language ...

Uzbekistan’s revised Latin alphabet will take effect on 22 April 2027, introducing four new letters while preserving the ...

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 ...

‘One Day at a Time’: Inside an IDP Camp in Myanmar, Survival Is a Daily Challenge In April, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev included an order to generate a plan to switch Kazakh from a Cyrillic ...

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, ...

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 ...

Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a law revising the country’s Latin-based Uzbek alphabet, which will contain 28 letters and ...

A website in Kazakhstan is showing users how their names will look in a new Latin alphabet expected to come into force by 2022. Many have reacted with dismay after finding their names laced with ...

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 ...