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Re:Kazakhstan spells out plans for alphabet swap by turndown on Sunday April 16, 2017 @02:27AM (#14124652)
As stated in the article, the script they currently use was forced on them by the Soviets. Before then, they used Latin characters, and before that, Arabic.
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Re:Kazakhstan spells out plans for alphabet swap by jwilk on Sunday April 16, 2017 @03:10AM (#14124770)
> Before then, they used Latin characters

...which was also forced on them by the Soviets.

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