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What is settled about the reform, what is not — and answers to the questions people actually ask.
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Updated · 3 min read
Do you have to replace your documents
The short answer is no. What has been announced about passports, money, securities and signage — and what is still undecided.
Updated · 3 min read
When it takes effect, and what the deadlines are
The law takes effect once the president signs it. From 2027 first-grade textbooks use the new alphabet; by 2031, all of them.
Updated · 3 min read
How names and surnames are written now
Nothing in your documents has to change. Below are the most common names in all three scripts, and the rule behind it.
Updated · 5 min read
Moving a site or a company's documents to the new alphabet
Where to start, what is easy to break, and what can be skipped entirely. A practical map for a newsroom, a company or a state office.
2 min read
Tutuq belgisi: which mark is the right one
People type five different marks interchangeably. Only one is correct — ʼ, U+02BC. Where it goes, and why it counts as a letter.
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What happened to ng
ng is no longer counted as a separate letter. Nothing changes in running text, though: singil, keng and tong are spelled exactly as before.
2 min read
Why ö ğ ş ç of all letters
All four come from the Turkish and Azerbaijani alphabets. That has a practical consequence: they are already in the fonts of every system you own.
Updated · 4 min read
A history of the Uzbek alphabet, up to 2026
Four scripts in a century. And one odd detail: ö ğ ş ç were already in the 1993 alphabet.
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Search and sorting with the new letters: a note for developers
The database has Toshkent, the user types Toşkent — and finds nothing. Four common mistakes and their fixes.