Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet
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The Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet is the historical writing system used for the Kazakh language in Kazakhstan and parts of Central Asia, based on the Cyrillic script with additional letters to represent Kazakh-specific sounds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5640370 — 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: Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet Context triple: [Kazakh Latin alphabet, replaces, Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet]
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A.
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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B.
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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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.
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.
- 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: Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet Target entity description: The Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet is the historical writing system used for the Kazakh language in Kazakhstan and parts of Central Asia, based on the Cyrillic script with additional letters to represent Kazakh-specific sounds.
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A.
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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B.
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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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.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cyrillic script ⓘ |
| contains |
Ё
ⓘ
І ⓘ А ⓘ Б ⓘ В ⓘ Г ⓘ Д ⓘ Е ⓘ Ж ⓘ З ⓘ И ⓘ Й ⓘ К ⓘ Л ⓘ М ⓘ Н ⓘ О ⓘ П ⓘ Р ⓘ С ⓘ Т ⓘ У ⓘ Ф ⓘ Х ⓘ Ц ⓘ Ч ⓘ Ш ⓘ Щ ⓘ Ъ ⓘ Ы ⓘ Ь ⓘ Э ⓘ Ю ⓘ Я ⓘ Ғ ⓘ Қ ⓘ Ң ⓘ Ү ⓘ Ұ ⓘ Һ ⓘ Ә ⓘ Ө ⓘ |
| hasAdditionalLettersForKazakh |
Ғ
ⓘ
Қ ⓘ Ң ⓘ Ү ⓘ Ұ ⓘ Һ ⓘ Ә ⓘ Ө ⓘ |
| hasCharacterSetSize | 42 letters (standard Soviet-era Kazakh Cyrillic) ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
dominant Kazakh script in the 20th century
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historical standard for Kazakh in Kazakhstan ⓘ official script of Kazakh in independent Kazakhstan until Latin transition ⓘ official script of Kazakh in the Kazakh SSR ⓘ |
| hasScriptType | alphabetic ⓘ |
| hasStatus | being gradually replaced by Kazakh Latin alphabet in Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| introducedInPeriod | Soviet era ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Cyrl ⓘ |
| languageFamilyUsedFor | Turkic languages ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
Kazakh language standardization bodies
ⓘ
linked to:
Kazakh Language National Commission
Soviet language policy authorities ⓘ |
| replaced |
Kazakh Arabic script (earlier usage)
ⓘ
linked to:
Kazakh Arabic alphabet
Kazakh Latin alphabet (1929–1940) ⓘ
linked to:
Kazakh Latin alphabet
|
| represents |
Kazakh consonant phonemes
ⓘ
Kazakh vowel harmony distinctions ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Cyrillic ⓘ |
| stillUsedIn |
China (Kazakh communities)
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linked to:
Chinese Turkestan
Russia (Kazakh communities) ⓘ parts of Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Kazakh diaspora in former Soviet states
ⓘ
Kazakh speakers in Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| usedFor | Kazakh language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| usedInAdministration | state documents in Kazakh during Soviet and early post-Soviet periods ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | schools in Kazakhstan during Soviet period ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemOf | 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: Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet Description of subject: The Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet is the historical writing system used for the Kazakh language in Kazakhstan and parts of Central Asia, based on the Cyrillic script with additional letters to represent Kazakh-specific sounds.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.