Kazakh alphabets
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The Kazakh language was written mainly in four scripts at various points of time – Old Turkic, Cyrillic, Latin, and Arabic – each having a distinct alphabet. The Arabic script is used in Iran, Afghani
A 1902 Kazakh text in both Arabic and Cyrillic script.
Arabic and Latin script Kazakh alphabets in 1924
The Kazakh-language poem "Oyan, Qazaq" by Mirjaqip Dulatuli in Cursive Cyrillic
A Kazakh newspaper Socialist Kazakhstan («Социалды Қазағыстан», Sotsialdy Qazağystan) in Latin script (1937)
Karakalpak language
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Karakalpak is a Turkic language spoken by Karakalpaks in Karakalpakstan. It is divided into two dialects, Northeastern Karakalpak and Southwestern Karakalpak. It developed alongside Nogai and neighbou
March 2006. A photo laboratory in Nukus – with the signboard written in Karakalpak language using the Latin alphabet
The newspaper Qızıl Qaraqalpaqstan in the Latin alphabet, 1935