The Latin alphabet is the most recognizable form of written language, whose history goes back to the eras of ancient Greek ...

The Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan is set to switch to the Latin alphabet on Jan. 1, 2023, after a 30-year transition period. Following its independence from the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, which ...

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 ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 2 -- Citizens of the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan were coming to terms Thursday with the previous day's controversial decision to switch from the Cyrillic to the Latin ...

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 ...

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 ...

On 1 November 1928, a new Turkish alphabet law was passed making making the use of Latin letters compulsory in all public communications and the education system 11 July 1928 A new alphabet for ...

Kazakhstan has announced plans to switch the from Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet, its third change in less than 100 years. The latest Kazakh security device: a personal guard wolf Kazakhstan President ...

Kazakhstan has announced it will outline a new alphabet by the end of this year as the Central Asian nation plans to change from a Cyrillic-based script to Latin. Kazakh Minister of Education and ...

In April, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev included an order to generate a plan to switch Kazakh from a Cyrillic to a Latin alphabet by 2025 in a larger “strategic plan,” published in a state-run ...