Kazakhstan intends to switch the state language to the Latin script. It was announced that the transition will take 12-15 years. As adam_kesher writes, the plan stirred many disputes and arguments – in particular, Russia and a part of Kazakhstan’s Russian-speaking population considers switching to Latin is an adverse move against them. However, the […]

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It’s high time to sum up the developments of the passing year and to start all over again in the New Year. Looking back, I see that we have […]

Kazakhstan intends to switch the state language to the Latin script. This transition will take 12-15 years and be based on the experience of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. It will be implemented in 6 stages.
This plan stirred many disputes and arguments – in particular, Russia and a part of Kazakhstan’s Russian-speaking population […]