One of the first acts of legislation voted by Azerbaijan's parliament after the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991 was to adopt a Latin script to replace the Cyrillic alphabet forcibly imposed on ...

The Latin alphabet is gaining prominence in Ukraine and Belarus as a symbol of resistance to Russian influence and alignment with the West, according to a linguist.

Astana has been floating the idea of switching to a Latin-based alphabet for more than a decade.

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 ...

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

Latin script failed to take root, however, and the desire to forestall the lure of gradually Westernizing Turkey prompted the adoption of Cyrillic in 1940. Views remain mixed about what Uzbekistan ...

Moscow The Ministry of Education in Tatarstan, a republic among the 89 members of the Russian Federation, is shelving Cyrillic in favor of the Latin alphabet for schools and universities. Select ...

Communication between Turkic-speaking countries will add a new dimension to Kazakhstan's transition from the Cyrillic alphabet to the Latin alphabet in 2023. Despite gaining independence from the ...

The book touches on notions like script direction, vowels, and justification in an innovative way by applying the rules of Arabic to Latin.

The Cyrillic alphabet, the script of Russians (and others), is one of the most widely used systems of writing in the world.