Kazakhstan is changing the script for Kazakh language from Cyrillic to Latin
In the
past, different scripts were used for Kazakh language or its
predecessors. Currently, the Cyrillic script is used. An example text
is: "Қазақ тілі — Қазақстан
Республикасының мемлекеттік тілі,
сонымен қатар Ресей, Өзбекстан, Қытай,
Моңғолия және т.б. елдерде тұратын
қазақтардың ана тілі.".
In
2017, a new standard for usage of Latin script is under development.
In September 2017, basic transliteration scheme was published. The
Latin Kazakh is not going to use any diacritics, just the plain
letters a-z will be used. The letter "x" is not used for
native Kazakh words. There are 8 digraphs for specific Kazakh sounds.
The
conversion table is:
Cyrillic:
а,б,ц,д,е,ф,г,х,һ,i,и,й,к,л,м,н,о,п,қ,р,с,т,ұ,в,у,ы,з,ә,ө,ү,ң,ғ,ч,ш,ж
Latin:а,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,h,i,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,y,z,ае,ое,ue,ng,gh,ch,sh,zh
There
are going to be more details known later. For example, the Cyrillic
script uses "я" or "э" and no mapping has been
published yet.
Transliteration
Panlatin
browser extension version 1.6 can transliterate existing html
Cyrillic Kazakh texts into currently planned Latin script. See also
the screen shot with Russian texts below.
The
steps are as follows:
1. Add
the extension “Panlatin” to Chrome or Firefox browser.
2.
Select the “Options” button in “Manage Extensions”.
3.1
Click the language abbreviation “kk" for Kazakh language.
3.2
Change the value of “Showing romanization examples while selecting
language” to “yes”.
3.3
Change the value of “Conversion” to “enabled”.
The
example window show the transliteration to “Qаzаq tili —
Qаzаqstаn Respwblikаsynyng memlekettik tili, sonymen qаtаr
Resej, Оеzbekstаn, Qytаj, Monggholija zhаеne t.b. elderde
turаtyn qаzаqtаrdyng аnа tili.”.
The
next web pages with defined Kazakh language by attribute “lang”
in <html> element are converted to Latin script. Some web sites
don't define attribute “lang”. For such sites, the language needs
to be defined below as already done for site “www.parlam.kz/kk:kk”.
The site (domain, computer, and optional path) is before the colon
“:”. After the colon, the language abbreviation “kk” is
specified.
To
disable the conversion, change the “enabled” back to “disabled”.
There is more information on Panlatin extension at Panlatin Browser Extension for Romanization and Detailing.
Jože Fabčič
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