The media will be required to work in the updated Uzbek alphabet
This was announced at the 19th plenary session of the Senate by Nodirjon Jonuzoqov, head of the Department for Development of the State Language of the Cabinet of Ministers
Media will be required to operate in the updated Uzbek alphabet
Once the law amending the Law "On the Introduction of the Uzbek Alphabet Based on the Latin Script" comes into force, it will be mandatory for the media to operate in the updated alphabet. This was announced by Nodirjon Jonuzoqov, head of the Department for State Language Development of the Cabinet of Ministers, at the 19th plenary session of the Senate.
According to him, the updated alphabet will also be used as a single standard in official administration and government agencies.
"After the law comes into force, we plan to strictly require all media outlets to operate in the approved, improved alphabet," Jonuzoqov said.
At the same time, citizens can continue to use the alphabet they are accustomed to in personal correspondence. The mandatory requirement will mainly apply to official administration and official media.
Jonuzoqov noted that technological conditions will also be created for the transition to the new alphabet. In particular, it is planned to place the new letters on keyboards and to widely introduce software that automatically converts texts from the current Cyrillic and Latin scripts into the updated alphabet.
According to him, more than 10 conferences and discussions on improving the alphabet have been held over the past 10 years, and the version currently being adopted is the fifth project.
In preparing the new version, compatibility with digital technologies and the experience of the alphabets of brotherly nations and European countries were taken into account. According to Jonuzoqov, the updated letters are close to the forms in the alphabet used by the Jadids 100 years ago and the Latin alphabet adopted in 1993.