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	<title>Comments on: Cyrillic vs Roman?</title>
	<link>http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2008/02/14/cyrillic-vs-roman/</link>
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		<title>By: Ataman Rakin</title>
		<link>http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2008/02/14/cyrillic-vs-roman/#comment-30484</link>
		<dc:creator>Ataman Rakin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The issue/debate was relatively popular in the early nineties esp. beacuse Turkey promoted latinisation but then it died down at least in Kyr and Kaz. BTW I still have copies of a journal called Eurasian Studies from the mid-nineties which was published by the Turkish International Cooperation Agency in a latinised Kaz and Kyr.

IMO, the question here is, what one wants to do with the Kyrgyz language after all. Do they want it to stagnate further and shrivel down to something merely symbolic but socially not functional, pretty much like Gaelic in Ireland? Or do they want to rejuvenate it and give it a more active role? 

In the latter case, I think that linking up with a wider Turkic language sphere and, thus, latinisation are necessary. First, there are succesful precedents in Azerb and Turkm (Uzb remains a half-baked attempt but then again that whole country is a deadlock). Second, the IT and poligraphic technology with/adapted to Turkish Latin already exist. Third, Turkey is economically already very active in Kyr.

Latinised Kyr can perfectly co-exist with Russian because the latter will remain important. In Pakistan too, for instance, English, the ex-colonial language, co-exists with Urdu and both are widely used in media and commerce.

Ideally, there should be a regional Turkic language like Chagatai Turkish for CA but that is very unlikely in the present reality (though not impossible, see eg. how Urdu in Pakistan and Bahasa in Indonesia were succesfully promoted).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The issue/debate was relatively popular in the early nineties esp. beacuse Turkey promoted latinisation but then it died down at least in Kyr and Kaz. BTW I still have copies of a journal called Eurasian Studies from the mid-nineties which was published by the Turkish International Cooperation Agency in a latinised Kaz and Kyr.</p>
<p>IMO, the question here is, what one wants to do with the Kyrgyz language after all. Do they want it to stagnate further and shrivel down to something merely symbolic but socially not functional, pretty much like Gaelic in Ireland? Or do they want to rejuvenate it and give it a more active role? </p>
<p>In the latter case, I think that linking up with a wider Turkic language sphere and, thus, latinisation are necessary. First, there are succesful precedents in Azerb and Turkm (Uzb remains a half-baked attempt but then again that whole country is a deadlock). Second, the IT and poligraphic technology with/adapted to Turkish Latin already exist. Third, Turkey is economically already very active in Kyr.</p>
<p>Latinised Kyr can perfectly co-exist with Russian because the latter will remain important. In Pakistan too, for instance, English, the ex-colonial language, co-exists with Urdu and both are widely used in media and commerce.</p>
<p>Ideally, there should be a regional Turkic language like Chagatai Turkish for CA but that is very unlikely in the present reality (though not impossible, see eg. how Urdu in Pakistan and Bahasa in Indonesia were succesfully promoted).</p>
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		<title>By: Global Voices Online &#187; Kyrgyzstan: Debates over Alphabet</title>
		<link>http://kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net/2008/02/14/cyrillic-vs-roman/#comment-30348</link>
		<dc:creator>Global Voices Online &#187; Kyrgyzstan: Debates over Alphabet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] says that following the similar debates in Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz politicians also raise the issue of [...]</description>
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