[DOC] [TLE] Turkmenistan | From the archive [PAR] Mar 7, 2013 ... Posts about Turkmenistan written by Hugh. ... will shift the writing of its Kazakh 
language to a new Latin script by 2025. ... Arabic to a previous Latin script in 
1927, and then to Cyrillic in 1940, Kazakhstan won't be ... Version of ABCs; Now 
... In a 101-7 landslide, they picked a Latin alphabet, returning to their... [DOC] [TLE] Arabic script - Wikipedia [PAR] The Arabic script is a writing system used for writing several languages of Asia 
and Africa, such ... The script was first used to write texts in Arabic, most notably 
the Qurn, the holy book of Islam. ..... Now uses the Geez and Latin alphabets. 
... in Turkmenistan (changed to Latin in 1929, then to the Cyrillic script, then back 
to... [DOC] [TLE] Cyrillic alphabets - Wikipedia [PAR] Numerous Cyrillic alphabets are based on the Cyrillic script. The early Cyrillic 
alphabet was developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 9th century AD 
at the Preslav Literary School by the disciples of the Byzantine theologians Cyril 
and Methodius. It is the basis of alphabets used in various languages, past and 
present, ... Unlike the Latin script, which is usually adapted to different languages 
by... [DOC] [TLE] Azerbaijan: Cyrillic Alphabet Replaced By Latin One [PAR] Aug 1, 2001 ... One of the first acts of legislation voted by Azerbaijan's parliament after the ... 
Cyrillic characters have been in use now for more than 60 years, and people ... to 
Turkey, which shares a similar language written in Latin script. ... So one could 
say that Azerbaijan is trying to go back to its original tradition." [DOC] [TLE] Alphabet Transitions: Chronology of the New Latin Script - AZER.com [PAR] Latin replaced Arabic in 1928, followed by Stalin's imposition of Cyrillic in ... the 
Arabic alphabet had been in use by Azerbaijanis for more than 1,000 years. 
Unfortunately, this script could not express the nuances of sounds in the Azeri 
language. ... for all the Turkic people of the USSR (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, 
Tajikistan,... [DOC] [TLE] Which countries have come the closest to switching writing systems ... [PAR] The Tajik language is a rather interesting case. It used to be written in Perso-
Arabic script, ... It used to be written in Perso-Arabic script, similar to its close 
cousin Modern ... to the Latin alphabet in around 1928, and then to the Cyrillic 
alphabet in 1939, while ... Apparently, the government is now considering 
switching back to... [DOC] [TLE] 8.1 Learning to Read All Over Again: Alphabet Changes in ... [PAR] First of all, they did it to reduce the power of Islam in the region and then to 
prevent ... Azerbaijan gained its independence in 1991, one of the first laws 
passed in ... nuances of the Azerbaijani language or to opt for a totally new script 
- Latin. .... And now again, it won't be long before books that have been published 
in Cyrillic... [DOC] [TLE] Language Log  Battle of the alphabets in Central Asia [PAR] Nov 19, 2010 ... Many advocates of such a shift away to a Latin script to Cyrillic believe ... of some 
language than some particular Cyrillic orthography does, but it's not ... it was 
written in Perso-Arabic script, and the fashion is slowly returning, ... Uyghur was 
first written with the Sogdian alphabet, but is usually now written in a... [DOC] [TLE] Turkmen/Alphabet - Wikibooks, open books for an open world [PAR] The Turkmen alphabet was first written in a modified form of the Arabic ... 
Nevertheless, the Latin alphabet is the official writing system of Turkmenistan, 
and ... to the Turkmen language, this book will be teaching you Turkmen in the 
Latin alphabet. ... NOTE: The Cyrillic alphabet in this table isn't shown in it's right 
order, and is... [DOC] [TLE] Official Name [PAR] Uyghur is the dominant Central Asian language of Xinjiang, being spoken by ... 
Uyghur was written in a modified Latin script based on the Chinese Pinyin 
transcription system. ... In 1929,

Question: The Turkmen language was 1st written in this script, then Latin, then Cyrillic, & now it's going back to Latin
Answer: Arabic