This week, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with officials responsible for shepherding the Kazakh language from its present Cyrillic script into a Latin alphabet. As reported by RFE/RL, ...

In April, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev included an order to generate a plan to switch Kazakh from a Cyrillic to a Latin alphabet by 2025 in a larger “strategic plan,” published in a state-run ...

The following is a partner post from EurasiaNet.org written by Uli Schamiloglu. Republished with permission. Kazakhstan’s planned transition to the Latin alphabet raises complex questions. While ...

Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoev has issued a decree to hasten the full transition of the Uzbek language from the Cyrillic to Latin alphabet. The decree issued on October 21 outlines language ...

Worried that the future of the Cyrillic alphabet could be under threat, the Serbian authorities will introduce fines and benefits to defend it against the Latin script, media have reported.

Baku, 1 August 2001 (RFE/RL) -- Azerbaijan today officially ended use of the Cyrillic alphabet in favor of Latin letters. A decree issued several weeks ago by President Heidar Aliyev ordered all ...

Just weeks after making its debut, Kazakhstan’s provisional Latin alphabet is drawing widespread criticism, even from those who strongly support the Latinization of the written language. Discontent is ...