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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 7304509, member: 77639&quot;]A number of the central Asian “stans” have switched or are in the process of switching alphabets from Cyrillic to Latin.&nbsp; The countries include Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan; perhaps others.&nbsp; For some, Latin was their original alphabet, and the Soviets forced a switch to Cyrillic.&nbsp; Another motive is to distance themselves culturally from Russia and promote more interaction, especially trade and tourism, with the West.</p><p><br /></p><p>Factoids about Kazakhstan:&nbsp; It’s the 9th largest country in the world and the largest landlocked country.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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