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The Cyrillic alphabet -- a modern version of the alphabet ascribed to 9th-century monk Saint Cyril and now used, with slight variations, in Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Ukraine, ...
The Russian press often presents Latinization in Kazakhstan through a politicized lens, relying on conspiratorial framing, ...
It is based on the alphabet that was adapted by Kyrgyz linguist and politician Kasym Tynystanov and used in Kyrgyzstan from 1927 to 1940. Any decision by Bishkek to abandon Cyrillic might not sit ...
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.
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called on his government to begin preparing to shift the nation's alphabet from the Cyrillic—as used by neighbor Russia—to the Latin.
Whether the name of the war-scarred town on the Danube is written in the Latin or Cyrillic alphabet is a sensitive question. Croatia's upcoming entry into the European Union is forcing residents ...
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.
Today, the Cyrillic alphabet is used by Slavic, Turkic, Uralic, Caucasian and other nations, including Mongolia, which adopted it in 1941.