Kazakhstan's Government will establish a working group to introduce the Latin-based script, the country's Minister of Culture and Sports Arystanbek Mukhamediuly said.
"The government will establish a working group for bringing in the Latin-based script of the Kazakh language, then the orthographic and linguistic commission will be established," he said.
"New spelling rules and unabridged spelling dictionary of Kazakh language will be set up based on the Latinized script. Thirdly, it is necessary to update the regulatory and legal framework. Then, we can proceed with developing and publishing educational, methodological, educational, literary, and other essential works," Kazinform cited the minister as saying.
In addition, a particular attention will be paid to issuing the socially important books.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree on switching the Kazakh alphabet from the Cyrillic to the Latin-based script on October 26.
