The post-Soviet country finally adopted the alphabet in Latin

The final version of the alphabet was approved by the decision of the Senate of Uzbekistan. It will be based on Latin graphics, as the press service of the upper house of the Uzbek parliament informed.

The alphabet now consists of 28 letters and one apostrophe, whereas previously there were 26 letters and 3 letter combinations.

Now the law will have to go through the procedure of signing by the President of Uzbekistan. According to the experts who compiled the new version, the alphabet will be much easier to use, including in a digital environment.

During the transition period, documents using the old alphabet, securities and the national currency will remain legally binding. In the meantime, EADaily reminds, Uzbekistan uses two systems — both Latin and Cyrillic.

The Latin alphabet replaced the Arabic script in Uzbekistan in 1929. It operated until the early 40s, after which the transition to the Cyrillic alphabet took place in the Uzbek SSR, and on September 2, 1993, the Uzbek parliament adopted the law "On the introduction of the Uzbek alphabet based on Latin graphics." That is, the country took 33 years to complete the transition.