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| Kazakhstan to switch to Latin alphabet |
| 2013-04-03 |
| Kazakhstan is preparing to officially start using the Latin alphabet, instead of Cyrillic, which linguists say is becoming more obscure. The older generation will find a switch to the Latin alphabet less taxing than a switch to Arabic or Old Turkish script, she predicted. Leaving Cyrillic behind (for Latin, not Arabic, alphabet) will help Kazakhstan's global development, Asylbek Mereke, a developer and designer of computer fonts and a specialist in the field of computing and publishing technology, told Central Asia Online. Switching to Latin script is another stage in the consolidation of Kazakhstan's independence from its former Cyrillic language Russian overlords during their time as a part of the USSR, Ravil Aytkaliyev, chief of political research at the Comcon-2 Eurasia Co., told Central Asia Online. It's also a measure of progress in globalisation, since the whole world uses Latin script, he said. |
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