![]() All his marketing materials, the labelling on napkin holders and menus, and even the massive sign outside the building will have to be replaced. His restaurant, which opened in December, is called Sa’biz –spelt using the first version of the alphabet. “I don’t like the old one because it looks like a tadpole.” “It is more beautiful than the former variant,” says Kaipiyev. A 'thrilling' mission to get the Swedish to change overnight ![]() So, for example, the Republic of Kazakhstan, which would in the first version have been Qazaqstan Respy’bli’kasy, is now Qazaqstan Respýblıkasy, removing the apostrophes. The second variation, which Kaipiyev liked better, makes use of acute accents above the extra letters. ![]() In this first version of the new alphabet,apostrophes were used to depict sounds specific to the Kazakh tongue, prompting critics to call it “ugly”. ![]()
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