Kazakh Latin vs. Cyrillic A government proposal to switch to the Latin alphabet has divided opinion in Kazakstan. A government proposal to switch to the Latin alphabet has divided opinion in Kazakstan.President Nursultan Nazarbaev has generated a stir in Kazakstan by setting up a commission to consider whether the Kazak language should be written in the Latin alphabet rather than Cyrillic, as it is now.With the commission not due to report back until March, the issue is already generating fi 10-nov-06471almatyfilipprokudinrca in Languages > Turkic > Kazakhwith alphabetkazakh