A final draft of the Latin-based Uzbek alphabet -- with 29 letters and an apostrophe to denote a hard sign, specific sounds, or intonations -- was presented in 2019. Kazakhstan is set to complete ...

In September of that year, parliament adopted legislation titled “On the Introduction of an Uzbek Alphabet Based on Latin Script” that set down the timetable. The plan was to inculcate familiarity ...

Although Turkey undertook this as a kind of “shock therapy,” Kazakhstan has chosen a gradual path by choosing the final form of the alphabet by the end of 2017, training educators in the new alphabet, ...

The Latin alphabet was officially introduced in Azerbaijan in 1929 to replace Arabic script, in use since the 7th century, but the first documents written in Latin Azeri date back to 1923 and ...

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 ...

In this 2019 photo, a sign for a museum in Bukhara is written in Latin-alphabet Uzbek, in Russian Cyrillic, and in English. Credit: Catherine Putz Subscribe for ads-free reading.

Letters from other alphabets, such as Cyrillic and Greek, can look nearly identical to letters in the English alphabet. Here’s what to know about homograph attacks.

The Untold Story Behind G, J, U, W, Y in the Latin Alphabet’s Journey. Posted: June 6, 2025 | Last updated: June 6, 2025. Prepare to dive deep into the fascinating history of the letters G, J, U ...

The earliest example of the Latin alphabet in use is called the duenos inscription and comes from the sixth century BCE, 2,500 years ago. Even then, the alphabet was still incomplete, ...

A seven-word inscription discovered by accident on a 3,700-year-old lice comb is the oldest known sentence written in an alphabet, according to a new study.