Monthly Archives: February 2018

Күні кеше ғана Президент Назарбаев қазақ әліпбиінің латын графикасындағы үшінші нұсқасын қабылдау жөнінде шешім шығарып, Жарлыққа қол қойды. Әліпбидің жаңа нұсқасы бекітілді. Осыған дейінгі екі нұсқа халықтық деңгейде қызу талқыға  түсіп, ғалымдардың тарапынан сан түрлі жоба нұсқа ұсынылды. Өздеріңіз білетіндей, «Abai.kz» ақпараттық порталы латын әліпбиіне көшу мен әліпбиді әзірлеу жұмыстары жайлы үздіксіз материалдар жариялап, академиктер…

President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed a decree again to revise the newly blessed official Kazakh Latin alphabet. It took only a couple of months for the Qazaq Latin Alphabet leaps from QLA 1.0 to QLA 2.0. If it is a trend, are we expecting QLA 3.0 in the coming months? Nobody knows it in this…

ASTANA. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan’s plans to start issuing identity documents in Latin script starting 2021, the country’s Deputy Minister of Culture and Sport, Yerlan Kozhagapanov said at the Government session today. According to him, the plan of a phased transition to a Latinized script is now ready, with its first stage which is preparatory work for…

Transition to the Latin script is necessary at modern time, linguist Shi Zhong Xiao says. He wrote about this in his article “New Horizons of the Silk Road”. The linguist worked at the Translation Bureau of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission in Beijing for many years, and as an expert supports Kazakhstan’s language reform. He…

The transition of the Kazakh language to the Latin script will allow expanding the cultural interaction of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Furthermore, teachers of the Kazakh schools in Uzbekistan are confident that this will greatly facilitate mutual understanding between the Turkic-speaking nations. According to the teachers, the transition to a new script will allow students to…

ASTANA – A draft action plan has been developed detailing the phased transfer of the Kazakh alphabet to Latin script by 2025. Sacral Geography of Kazakhstan, a special project within the Ruhani Janghyru (Modernisation of Kazakhstan) programme, is also being implemented. 67f4e2a86d69d18bd34867b8dc63bb9b_crop_l_26_t_92_w_1565_h_880_resize_w_386_h_ Yerlan Kozhagapanov. Photo credit: primeminister.kz Vice Minister of Culture and Sports Yerlan Kozhagapanov…

With Kazakhstan’s transition to Latin alphabet, the Kazakh internet users have passed through a barried that has existed for years. The letters with apostrophes in new Latin alphabet of Kazakhstan used to be a serious problem for local internet users, as search engines couldn’t properly handle the words with apostrophes. In this regard, the President…

ASTANA. KAZINFORM – An event dedicated to the development of the Kazakh language and switchover to the Latin-based Kazakh alphabet was held at the Matija Gubec International School in Zagreb, Croatia this week, Kazinform has learnt from the Kazakh MFA’s press service. The event was held within the framework of the International Mother Language Day….

“Why? Why do we need this? Why can’t we just stick with Cyrillic?” That’s what Inkar Kydyralina asked herself when she first heard that the Kazakh alphabet would be switched from Cyrillic to Latin. The answer to her question, according to the Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev, is that the change is needed to reflect the…