𝓓𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒 𝓕𝑜𝑛𝑔, 𝕖𝕩-𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕘𝕪 Retweeted Julia Galef
𝓓𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒 𝓕𝑜𝑛𝑔, 𝕖𝕩-𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕘𝕪 added,
Julia GalefVerified account @juliagalef
TIL the Soviets mandated almost 20 different versions of Cyrillic -- so that the various Turkic peoples under their rule couldn't read each other's writings & develop a sense of shared identity
(From this article, interesting in its own right: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/world/asia/kazakhstan-alphabet-nursultan-nazarbayev.html …)
10:29 AM - 17 Jan 2018
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