Cyrillic script for Kazakh
E515523
The Cyrillic script for Kazakh is the writing system based on the Cyrillic alphabet that has been used for the Kazakh language in Kazakhstan and surrounding regions since the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic script for Kazakh canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5386634 — 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: Cyrillic script for Kazakh Context triple: [Latin script (1929–1940), followedBy, Cyrillic script for Kazakh]
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A.
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.
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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.
Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet
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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D.
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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E.
Bashkir Cyrillic alphabet
The Bashkir Cyrillic alphabet is the adapted version of the Cyrillic script used to write the Bashkir language, incorporating additional letters to represent its specific phonetic features.
- 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: Cyrillic script for Kazakh Target entity description: The Cyrillic script for Kazakh is the writing system based on the Cyrillic alphabet that has been used for the Kazakh language in Kazakhstan and surrounding regions since the mid-20th century.
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A.
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.
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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.
Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet
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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D.
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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E.
Bashkir Cyrillic alphabet
The Bashkir Cyrillic alphabet is the adapted version of the Cyrillic script used to write the Bashkir language, incorporating additional letters to represent its specific phonetic features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| additionalLetter |
І
ⓘ
Ғ ⓘ Қ ⓘ Ң ⓘ Ү ⓘ Ұ ⓘ Һ ⓘ Ә ⓘ Ө ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Cyrillic alphabet
ⓘ
linked to:
Cyrillic script
|
| coexistsWith |
Arabic script for Kazakh (in China)
ⓘ
Latin script for Kazakh ⓘ |
| containsAdditionalLettersBeyondRussian | yes ⓘ |
| digitalEncoding | Unicode Cyrillic block ⓘ |
| direction | left-to-right ⓘ |
| encodesPhonologyOf | modern standard Kazakh ⓘ |
| hasDistinctLetterFor |
back rounded vowel /ʊ/ (Ұ ұ)
ⓘ
dotless I /ɪ/ (І і) ⓘ front rounded vowel /y/ (Ү ү) ⓘ front rounded vowel /ø/ (Ө ө) ⓘ front unrounded vowel /æ/ (Ә ә) ⓘ non-syllabic /h/ (Һ һ) ⓘ velar nasal /ŋ/ (Ң ң) ⓘ voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/ (Ғ ғ) ⓘ voiceless uvular stop /q/ (Қ қ) ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Russian orthographic conventions ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 1940 ⓘ |
| numberOfLetters | 42 ⓘ |
| officiallyAdoptedInKazakhSSR | 1940 ⓘ |
| officialStatusInKazakhstan | primary script for Kazakh until 2017 reform decision ⓘ |
| primaryUsagePeriod | mid-20th century to early 21st century ⓘ |
| replaced |
Arabic-based Kazakh alphabet (historical)
ⓘ
Latin-based Kazakh alphabet (1929–1940) ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphabetic ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Soviet authorities ⓘ |
| statusInPostSovietPeriod | gradually being replaced by Latin-based Kazakh alphabet in Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| usedBy | ethnic Kazakhs ⓘ |
| usedIn |
China
ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ Kyrgyzstan ⓘ Mongolia ⓘ Russia ⓘ Uzbekistan ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | Kazakhstan (20th century–21st century) ⓘ |
| usedInMedia |
Kazakh-language books
ⓘ
Kazakh-language newspapers ⓘ Kazakh-language television subtitles ⓘ |
| uses | Russian punctuation conventions ⓘ |
| writingSystemFor | Kazakh 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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cyrillic script for Kazakh Description of subject: The Cyrillic script for Kazakh is the writing system based on the Cyrillic alphabet that has been used for the Kazakh language in Kazakhstan and surrounding regions since the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.