Uralic languages using the Cyrillic script (currently or in the past) include:  The Karelian language was written in the Cyrillic script in various forms until 1940 when publication in Karelian ceased in favor of Finnish, except for Tver Karelian, written in a Latin alphabet. In 1989 publication began again in the other Karelian dialects and Latin alphabets were used, in some cases with the addition of Cyrillic letters such as ь. Over the last century, the alphabet used to write Kildin Sami has changed three times: from Cyrillic to Latin and back again to Cyrillic. Work on the latest version of the official orthography commenced in 1979. It was officially approved in 1982 and started to be widely used by 1987. The Komi-Permyak alphabet:  Meadow Mari alphabet: Hill Mari alphabet  Kurds in the former Soviet Union use a Cyrillic alphabet:  The Ossetic language has officially used the Cyrillic script since 1937. The Tajik language is written using a Cyrillic-based alphabet. Romani is written in Cyrillic in Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and the former USSR. The Mongolic languages include Khalkha (in Mongolia), Buryat (around Lake Baikal) and Kalmyk (northwest of the Caspian Sea). Khalkha Mongolian is also written with the Mongol vertical alphabet. This table contains all the characters used. "Һһ is shown twice as it appears at two different locations in Buryat and Kalmyk"   The Cyrillic letters Кк, Пп, Фф and Щщ are not used in native Mongolian words, but only for Russian loans. The Buryat (буряад) Cyrillic script is similar to the Khalkha above, but Ьь indicates palatalization as in Russian. Buryat does not use Вв, Кк, Фф, Цц, Чч, Щщ or Ъъ in its native words. The Kalmyk (хальмг) Cyrillic script is similar to the Khalkha, but the letters Ээ, Юю and Яя appear only word-initially. In Kalmyk, long vowels are written double in the first syllable (нөөрин), but single in syllables after the first.