History of Sakha (Yakut) alphabets with latin and cyrillic graphics

Abstract

The alphabet process of the Turkic peoples living under the rule of Tsarist Russia shared almost the same fate. At the same time, in order to carry out the policy of Russification among the Turkic-speaking peoples, Russia first needed to know the language of these peoples. For this, the alphabet of minority peoples had to be created. Thanks to his missionary activity, he was able to carry out this policy more easily among the Turkic peoples who have tengrist and shamanistic beliefs. For this reason, alphabets have been changed many times in a century. Sakha Turks were the first to use the Latin alphabet. It was produced in several versions the Sakha alphabet with Cyrillic graphics and the Sakha alphabet with Latin graphics, each of which has been in force for several years. Finally, since 1939, Sakha Turks have used the Sakha alphabet with Cyrillic graphics consisting of 40 signs. But the Yakut alphabet with Latin letter created by A.S.Novgorodov paved the way for education that has been used for a long time. In this article, the history of the Sakha alphabet with Latin graphics and the Sakha alphabet with Cyrillic graphics were researched, and the advantages and disadvantages of both alphabets were explained.

Keywords

• sakha language
• graphical
• alphabet
• latin
• cyrillic