Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet
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The Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet is a Cyrillic-based writing system formerly used for the Turkmen language, particularly during the Soviet era before its replacement by a Latin-based script.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet canonical | 3 |
| Cyrillic-based Turkmen alphabet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3042455 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet Context triple: [Salyr dialect, writingSystem, Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet]
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A.
Turkmen alphabet
The Turkmen alphabet is the standardized script used to write the Turkmen language, currently based on a modified Latin script adopted after the Soviet era.
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B.
Kazakh Latin alphabet
The Kazakh Latin alphabet is a modern script based on the Latin writing system that has been adopted for writing the Kazakh language as part of Kazakhstan’s language reform and modernization efforts.
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C.
Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet
The Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet is a Cyrillic-based script historically used by Uyghur communities, particularly in the former Soviet Union, to write the Uyghur language.
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D.
Uyghur Latin alphabet
The Uyghur Latin alphabet is a romanized writing system developed for the Uyghur language, used primarily in digital communication and linguistic transcription.
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E.
Kazakh Arabic alphabet
The Kazakh Arabic alphabet is a modified version of the Arabic script historically used to write the Kazakh language, particularly before the adoption of Cyrillic and Latin-based alphabets.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet Target entity description: The Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet is a Cyrillic-based writing system formerly used for the Turkmen language, particularly during the Soviet era before its replacement by a Latin-based script.
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A.
Turkmen alphabet
The Turkmen alphabet is the standardized script used to write the Turkmen language, currently based on a modified Latin script adopted after the Soviet era.
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B.
Kazakh Latin alphabet
The Kazakh Latin alphabet is a modern script based on the Latin writing system that has been adopted for writing the Kazakh language as part of Kazakhstan’s language reform and modernization efforts.
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C.
Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet
The Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet is a Cyrillic-based script historically used by Uyghur communities, particularly in the former Soviet Union, to write the Uyghur language.
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D.
Uyghur Latin alphabet
The Uyghur Latin alphabet is a romanized writing system developed for the Uyghur language, used primarily in digital communication and linguistic transcription.
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E.
Kazakh Arabic alphabet
The Kazakh Arabic alphabet is a modified version of the Arabic script historically used to write the Kazakh language, particularly before the adoption of Cyrillic and Latin-based alphabets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cyrillic-based alphabet
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alphabet ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Soviet language policy
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linked to:
Soviet Latinization campaign
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| basedOn | Russian Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| hasFeature | additional letters for Turkmen phonemes ⓘ |
| hasScriptCode | Cyrl ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Turkic languages ⓘ |
| phoneticType | alphabetic ⓘ |
| region | Central Asia ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Latin-based Turkmen alphabet
ⓘ
linked to:
Turkmen alphabet
Turkmen Latin alphabet ⓘ
linked to:
Turkmen alphabet
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| represents | Turkmen phonology ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Cyrillic script ⓘ |
| scriptReform |
later replaced by new Latin-based Turkmen alphabet
ⓘ
replaced earlier Latin-based Turkmen alphabet ⓘ |
| scriptType | Cyrillic ⓘ |
| status |
former official alphabet of Turkmen language
ⓘ
obsolete in official use ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Soviet era ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Turkmen people
ⓘ
linked to:
Turkmens
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| usedFor | Turkmen language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ education in Turkmen SSR ⓘ official documents in Turkmen SSR ⓘ |
| usedUntil | 1990s ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemOf | Turkmen language ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet Description of subject: The Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet is a Cyrillic-based writing system formerly used for the Turkmen language, particularly during the Soviet era before its replacement by a Latin-based script.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet