Turkey adopted the Latin script in 1928 over the Arabic alphabet. Other Turkic nations briefly used Latin during the early years of the Soviet Union after switching from Arabic script.

"This is a component of the systematic work that began last year. The Crimean Tatar people 30 years ago decided to change the alphabet graphics, since the Latin alphabet better matches the phonetics ...

Political analyst Anvar Nazirov told EurasiaNet.org that he believes that while the transition to Latin script is the right idea, execution has been poor, and that the views of specialists have been ...

Earlier this month, Azerbaijan completed its transition to a new Latin script to replace the Cyrillic alphabet in use since the late 1930s. Two Azerbaijani-language newspapers have refused to ...

He signed a decree on “On the translation of the Kazakh language alphabet from the Cyrillic alphabet to the Latin script” only in 2017 and the country plans to get started on the controversial ...

After almost 80 years with an alphabet imposed by Moscow, Kazakhstan is getting its own script and possibly a new name. President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed off on the new, much shorter set ...

As kids, two Guinean brothers invented a new script for their native language. Now they’re trying to get it on every smartphone. ... the Latin alphabet presented similar problems.

On a cultural level, the Latin alphabet is widely seen as "the script of the West," Prenner said. It facilitates learning other European languages and enables international communication.

At a calligraphy class in Hanoi, Hoang Thi Thanh Huyen slides her brush across the page to form the letters and tonal marks of Vietnam's unique modern script, in part ...

The Latin script will place Kazakhstan alongside western countries, not to mention other Turkic-language states that have adopted that alphabet. Some Kazakhs would like the reform to proceed faster.

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