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Title: Kazakhstan Cheers New Alphabet, Except for All Those Apostrophes
Author: ANDREW HIGGINS
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:18:10 -0500
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/world/asia/kazakhstan-alphabet-nursultan-nazarbayev.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Podcast Download URL: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/01/16/world/16-jp-kazakhstan-alphabet2/00kazakstan-alphabet1-moth.jpg

A switch from the Cyrillic to Roman script is wildly popular in Kazakhstan. But in a country where almost nobody challenges the president, his policy on apostrophes is being assailed from all sides.

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