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Latin alphabet
![Uzbekistan’s Drawn-out Journey From Cyrillic to Latin Script Uzbekistan’s Drawn-out Journey From Cyrillic to Latin Script](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-19-164011.jpg)
Uzbekistan’s Drawn-out Journey From Cyrillic to Latin Script
By Niginakhon Saida
Visit Uzbekistan and you’ll see a variety of alphabets used, a product of the country’s many changes and the long march toward fully using a Latin script.
![Kazakhstan Still on the Long Road to a Latin Alphabet Kazakhstan Still on the Long Road to a Latin Alphabet](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-10-8.jpg)
Kazakhstan Still on the Long Road to a Latin Alphabet
By Catherine Putz
Kazakh has been written in a Cyrillic script since 1940, but government officials have long pushed for a gradual shift to a Latin alphabet.
![Coming in 2018? A New Latin-Based Kazakh Alphabet Coming in 2018? A New Latin-Based Kazakh Alphabet](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-512px-kazakh_latin_alphabet_1924.jpg)
Coming in 2018? A New Latin-Based Kazakh Alphabet
By Catherine Putz
Astana has been floating the idea of switching to a Latin-based alphabet for more than a decade.
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