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Uzbekistan Has Changed to an Updated Latin Alphabet

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The President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirzieyev, signed a law that provides for a gradual transition to the updated Uzbek alphabet based on the Latin graph, as reported by President Said Mirzieev's head of administration, conveys to RIA "News." According to her, the signing of the document on Uzbek Language Day, 21 October, symbolically. "The historic error of many years has been corrected. Our President today has signed a law on the improvement …

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The President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirzieyev, signed a law that provides for a gradual transition to the updated Uzbek alphabet based on the Latin graph, as reported by President Said Mirzieev's head of administration, conveys to RIA "News." According to her, the signing of the document on Uzbek Language Day, 21 October, symbolically. "The historic error of many years has been corrected. Our President today has signed a law on the improvement …

Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a law aimed at increasing the compatibility of the Latin-based Uzbek alphabet with alphabets used in the Turkic world. Under the new regulation, the Uzbek alphabet will consist of 28 letters and an apostrophe.

Haber 7 - Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a law aimed at increasing the compatibility of the Uzbek alphabet, which is based on the Latin alphabet, with alphabets used in the Turkic world.

Uzbekistan has finally abandoned the Cyrillic alphabet. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree according to which the republic is switching to a new version of the alphabet, close to the writing of Turkic-speaking countries, the head of his administration announced on his Telegram channel. Until now, the republic has used both the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets. The decision to gradually switch to the Latin alphabet was made back in 1993, bu…

Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved the law on the development of a Latin-based Uzbek alphabet on October 21, Uzbek Language Day. The new alphabet will apply the "one sound - one letter" principle.

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daryo.uz broke the news in Uzbekistan on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
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