Kazakhstan is to adopt a new alphabet, replacing the Russian Cyrillic script with the alphabet you are reading at the moment. This was announced in October by the Kazakh president, Nursultan ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. After almost 80 years with an alphabet imposed by Moscow, Kazakhstan is getting its own script and possibly a new name.

The Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic script to the Latin-based style favoured by the West. What are the economics of such a change? The change, announced on a ...

Kyrgyzstan’s top linguistic official has said his country will switch to the Latin alphabet from the Russian-based Cyrillic system, news outlets have reported. Kyrgyzstan’s top linguistic official has ...

The Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic script to the Latin-based style favoured by the West. What are the economics of such a change? The change, announced on a ...