Kazakhstan Gets New Staffrow

09-04-2025

Kazakhstan is going from wielding Cyrillic to instead writing with the Latin staffrow. Talks of doing away with the Cyrillic staffrow have been ongoing since the 1990s; however, the steps to make the full switch have only been undertaken lately.

The Cyrillic staffrow came to Kazakhstan in the 1800s when Russia was spreading its might throughout the land. The Kazakh Cyrillic staffrow is still wielded in some steads in Mongolia and also Kyrgyzstan, but might not be for much longer.

Following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kazakhstan has been fanding to build a new selfhood that is unmingled from Russia, but also the Latin bookstaffs are thought to better stand for the louds of their tongue.

In 2017 the foresitter of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, laid out a writ in which, starting in 2025, a full switch to the Latin staffrow would begin. Having everyone know the Latin staffrow is thought to help Kazakhstan be more freestanding and also strengthen their ties to the broader English-speaking world.


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