Kazakh Latin alphabet

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The Kazakh Latin alphabet is a modern script based on the Latin writing system that has been adopted for writing the Kazakh language as part of Kazakhstan’s language reform and modernization efforts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kazakh Latin alphabet canonical 1
early Kazakh Latin alphabet 1

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Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin-based alphabet
alphabet
writing system
associatedWith Government of Kazakhstan
Kazakh language reform
basedOn Latin script
country Kazakhstan
digitalEncoding Unicode
hasDiacritic acute accent
macron
umlaut
hasLetter A
B
C
Ch
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
Sh
T
U
V
Y
Z
Ä
Ñ
Ö
Ü
Ğ
İ
Ş
Ū
ʼ
hasLetterCount 31
32
34
hasMultipleRevisions true
hasTransliterationRelationWith Kazakh Arabic alphabet
Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet
hasUppercaseAndLowercase true
isSubjectOf language policy debates in Kazakhstan
orthographic reform discussions
language Kazakh language
motivation facilitate digital communication
reduce dependence on Cyrillic script
standardize Kazakh orthography
officialStatusIn Kazakhstan
purpose integration with global information space
language reform in Kazakhstan
modernization of Kazakh language
region Central Asia
replaces Kazakh Arabic alphabet
Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet
scriptFamily Latin script
supports Kazakh phonemic distinctions
usedFor writing the Kazakh language
usedIn education in Kazakhstan
media in Kazakhstan
official documents in Kazakhstan
usesDiacritics true
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystemType alphabetic

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kazakh language writingSystem Kazakh Latin alphabet
Kazakh Arabic alphabet predecessorOf Kazakh Latin alphabet
this entity surface form: early Kazakh Latin alphabet