The leader of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree approving a new version of the alphabet of the Kazakh language to the Latin script, said the press service of the head of the country.

in October 2017 Nazarbayev signed a decree on the gradual translation of the alphabet of the Kazakh language to Latin script by 2025. At the same time was adopted the alphabet of the Kazakh language to the Latin alphabet of 32 letters. But it was widely used apostrophes, which, in the opinion of many experts and ordinary people, difficult reading, and writing.

Approved by the President of the new alphabet also contains 32 letters, missing apostrophes, introduced fresh diacritics and the digraphs (sh, ch).

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