Kazakhstan has decided to switch alphabets, from Cyrillic to Latin script, by 2025. After decades of Russian and Soviet domination, countries are developing their own cultural code, though some feel uneasy about the change. Yet the Latin alphabet will only boost Kazakhstan’s international integration and its economic, technological, and scientific development. Plus, Latin script isn’t new to Kazakhstan.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens to Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev (R) during the G20 leaders' family photo in Hangzhou on Sept. 4, 2016.