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Jaŋalif
№ characters modern Latin Tatar alphabet
1 A a A a
2 Ə ə Ä ä
3 B b B b
4 C c Ç ç
5 Ç ç C c
6 D d D d
7 E e E e
8 F f F f
9 G g G g
10 Ƣ ƣ Ğ ğ
11 H h H h
12 I i İ i
13 Ƅ ƅ I ı
14 J j Y y
15 K k K k
16 Q q Q q
17 L l L l
18 M m M m
19 N n N n
20 Ŋ ŋ Ñ ñ
21 O o O o
22 Ɵ ɵ Ö ö
23 P p P p
24 R r R r
25 S s S s
26 Ş ş Ş ş
27 T t T t
28 U u U u
29 V v W w
30 X x X x
31 Y y Ü ü
32 Z z Z z
33 Ƶ ƶ J j


Jaŋalif or Yañalif /yang-a-LEEF/ (Tatar: new alphabet - yaña älif -> yañalif), was the first Latin writing system was used in the Soviet epoch Tatar language in 1930s.


In 1926 the Congress of Turkologs in Baku recommended to switch all Turkic languages to the Latin alphabet. Since April of 1926 the Yaña Tatar älifbası (New Tatar alphabet) society started its work at Kazan.


Since July 3, 1927, Tatarstan officials declared Jañalif as official script of Tatar language.


In 1939 the Stalinist government prohibited Janalif, but it factically was in use until January 1940.


Janalif also was used in Nazi gazettes for prisoners of war and propaganda until WW2 ended.


There are 33 letters in Janalif, 9 for consonates. The ' sign also was used for the hamza sound. Other characters are also in use for foreign names.


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Science Fair Projects - Janalif (302 words)
In 1939 the Stalinist government prohibited Janalif, although it remained in use until January 1940.
Janalif also was used in Nazi gazettes for prisoners of war and propaganda until WW2 ended.
There are 33 letters in Janalif, 9 for vowels.
Tatar alphabet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1291 words)
A Latin alphabet (Janalif) was created for it in 1927.
However, from 1939 until 2000, the Tatar language was written in a modified Cyrillic alphabet.
The transition to a revised Latin alphabet (another version, different than Janalif) [1] should be completed in 2011, if current legal obstacles do not prevent it.
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