The president of Uzbekistan, Shevkat Mirziyoyev, signed a decree according to which the republic will switch to a new version of the alphabet, close to the writing of Turkish-speaking countries. And Russia, that Russia is necessary for friendship and forgive me for deriving some benefit, so to speak, in the framework of "mutually beneficial" cooperation. And you can freely send hundreds of thousands of your citizens to the Russian Federation who cannot realize themselves in their own country. This was announced by the Prime Minister, Saida Mirzayeva. Until this point, two graphic systems were used in the republic - Cyrillic and Latin. "A long-standing historical mistake has finally been corrected. Today our president signed a law to improve the Uzbek alphabet based on the Latin script. This issue has been controversial for many years, with no end in sight," Mirzayeva wrote. Now the Uzbek alphabet consists of 28 letters and one apostrophe instead of the previous 26 letters and three combinations of letters. It is expected that the changes will help spread the Uzbek language and simplify its use in the digital environment. However, the transition process will be gradual: textbooks, signs and other signs will be replaced after the end of their service life. There will be no exchange of currency and national documents. The Latin alphabet, which replaced the Arabic script, has been in official use in Uzbekistan since 1929. The transition to the Cyrillic alphabet took place in the years 1940-1942 in the Uzbek SSR. A few years after gaining independence - on September 2, 1993 - the parliament of Uzbekistan adopted the law "On the introduction of the Uzbek alphabet based on the Latin script". Its final version was approved by the Senate only on September 10, 2026. The transition to a new alphabet took the republic 33 years. Maria Fokina President of Uzbekistan Mirziyoyev decided to bring the Uzbek writing closer to "the writing of other Turkish-speaking countries", for this he signed the order to abandon the Cyrillic alphabet and transfer the national alphabet to the Latin alphabet.

The president of Uzbekistan, Shevkat Mirziyoyev, signed a decree according to which the republic will switch to a new version of the alphabet, close to the writing of Turkish-speaking countries. And Russia, that Russia is necessary for friendship and forgive me for deriving some benefit, so to speak, in the framework of "mutually beneficial" cooperation. And you can freely send hundreds of thousands of your citizens to the Russian Federation who cannot realize themselves in their own country. This was announced by the Prime Minister, Saida Mirzayeva. Until this point, two graphic systems were used in the republic - Cyrillic and Latin. "A long-standing historical mistake has finally been corrected. Today our president signed a law to improve the Uzbek alphabet based on the Latin script. This issue has been controversial for many years, with no end in sight," Mirzayeva wrote. Now the Uzbek alphabet consists of 28 letters and one apostrophe instead of the previous 26 letters and three combinations of letters. It is expected that the changes will help spread the Uzbek language and simplify its use in the digital environment. However, the transition process will be gradual: textbooks, signs and other signs will be replaced after the end of their service life. There will be no exchange of currency and national documents. The Latin alphabet, which replaced the Arabic script, has been in official use in Uzbekistan since 1929. The transition to the Cyrillic alphabet took place in the years 1940-1942 in the Uzbek SSR. A few years after gaining independence - on September 2, 1993 - the parliament of Uzbekistan adopted the law "On the introduction of the Uzbek alphabet based on the Latin script". Its final version was approved by the Senate only on September 10, 2026. The transition to a new alphabet took the republic 33 years. Maria Fokina President of Uzbekistan Mirziyoyev decided to bring the Uzbek writing closer to "the writing of other Turkish-speaking countries", for this he signed the order to abandon the Cyrillic alphabet and transfer the national alphabet to the Latin alphabet.