janalif

№ !! characters !! modern Latin Tatar alphabet
1	A a	A a
2
3	B b	B b
4	C c
5	C c
6	D d	D d
7	E e	E e
8	F f	F f
9	G g	G g
10	Ğ ğ
11	H h	H h
12	I i	İ i
13	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
21	O o	O o
22
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
32	Z z	Z z
33	J j

Jaŋalif or Yaalif /yang-a-LEEF/ (Tatar: new alphabet - yaa lifba -> yaalif), 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 Yaa Tatar lifbası (New Tatar alphabet) society started its work at Kazan. Since July 3 1927, Tatarstan officials declared Jaalif as official script of Tatar language. 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. The ' sign also was used for the hamza sound. Other characters are also in use for foreign names.

Janalif

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