Alphabet soup as Kazakh leader orders switch to Latin lettersALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan is to change its official alphabet for the third time in less than 100 years in what is seen in part as symbolic move to underline its independence. President Nursultan Nazarbayev ordered his office on Thursday to prepare for a switch to a Latin-based alphabet from a Cyrillic one, distancing itself, at least graphically, from Russia. The oil-rich former Soviet republic of 18 million has very close ties with Moscow, its main trading partner, but is also wary of Russia s ambitions to maintain its political influence throughout the region. Kazakh, a Turkic language, used to be written in Arabic script until the 1920s when the Soviet Union briefly introduced a Latin alphabet for it. This was later replaced by a Cyrillic one in 1940, based on the Russian alphabet. Part of the latest switch relates to modern technology. The currently used Cyrillic alphabet has 42 symbols, making it cumbersome to use with digital devices - a standard Kazakh keyboard utilizes almost all number keys in addition to letter and punctuation keys. The latest version of the proposed Latin alphabet works around that by using apostrophe signs to modify letters. The country s official name would thus be spelled as Qazaqstan Respy blikasy. According to a statement published by Nazarbayev s office, he has ordered his chief of staff to draft an executive order introducing the new alphabet. The switch will be gradual, it said. Alhough Kazakh has been the state language since Kazakhstan became independent in 1991, only 62 percent of the population said they were fluent in both written and spoken Kazakh during a the most recent national census in 2009. Russian is more widespread with 85 percent claiming fluency in the same census. Russian is recognized as an official language in Kazakhstan. Several other Turkic nations, including Turkey itself, ex-Soviet Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, have also switched to Latin alphabets. worldnews
alphabet soup kayak leader orders switch latin lettersalmaty reuters kazakhstan change official alphabet third time less years seen part symbolic move underline independence president nursultan nazarbayev ordered office thursday prepare switch alphabet cyrillic one distancing least graphically russia the former soviet republic million close ties moscow main trading partner also wary russia ambitions maintain political influence throughout region kayak turkey language used written arabic script soviet union briefly introduced latin alphabet this later replaced cyrillic one based russian alphabet part latest switch relates modern technology the currently used cyrillic alphabet symbols making cumbersome use digital devices standard kayak keyboard utilizes almost number keys addition letter punctuation keys the latest version proposed latin alphabet works around using apostrophe signs modify letters the country official name would thus spelled qazaqstan rest blikasy according statement published nazarbayev office ordered chief staff draft executive order introducing new alphabet the switch gradual said although kayak state language since kazakhstan became independent percent population said fluent written spoken kayak recent national census russian widespread percent claiming fluency census russian recognized official language kazakhstan several turkey nations including turkey azerbaijan turkmenistan uzbekistan also switched latin alphabets worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Alphabet soup as Kazakh leader orders switch to Latin lettersALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan is to change its official alphabet for the third time in less than 100 years in what is seen in part as symbolic move to underline its independence. President Nursultan Nazarbayev ordered his office on Thursday to prepare for a switch to a Latin-based alphabet from a Cyrillic one, distancing itself, at least graphically, from Russia. The oil-rich former Soviet republic of 18 million has very close ties with Moscow, its main trading partner, but is also wary of Russia s ambitions to maintain its political influence throughout the region. Kazakh, a Turkic language, used to be written in Arabic script until the 1920s when the Soviet Union briefly introduced a Latin alphabet for it. This was later replaced by a Cyrillic one in 1940, based on the Russian alphabet. Part of the latest switch relates to modern technology. The currently used Cyrillic alphabet has 42 symbols, making it cumbersome to use with digital devices - a standard Kazakh keyboard utilizes almost all number keys in addition to letter and punctuation keys. The latest version of the proposed Latin alphabet works around that by using apostrophe signs to modify letters. The country s official name would thus be spelled as Qazaqstan Respy blikasy. According to a statement published by Nazarbayev s office, he has ordered his chief of staff to draft an executive order introducing the new alphabet. The switch will be gradual, it said. Alhough Kazakh has been the state language since Kazakhstan became independent in 1991, only 62 percent of the population said they were fluent in both written and spoken Kazakh during a the most recent national census in 2009. Russian is more widespread with 85 percent claiming fluency in the same census. Russian is recognized as an official language in Kazakhstan. Several other Turkic nations, including Turkey itself, ex-Soviet Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, have also switched to Latin alphabets. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: alphabet soup kayak leader orders switch latin lettersalmaty reuters kazakhstan change official alphabet third time less years seen part symbolic move underline independence president nursultan nazarbayev ordered office thursday prepare switch alphabet cyrillic one distancing least graphically russia the former soviet republic million close ties moscow main trading partner also wary russia ambitions maintain political influence throughout region kayak turkey language used written arabic script soviet union briefly introduced latin alphabet this later replaced cyrillic one based russian alphabet part latest switch relates modern technology the currently used cyrillic alphabet symbols making cumbersome use digital devices standard kayak keyboard utilizes almost number keys addition letter punctuation keys the latest version proposed latin alphabet works around using apostrophe signs modify letters the country official name would thus spelled qazaqstan rest blikasy according statement published nazarbayev office ordered chief staff draft executive order introducing new alphabet the switch gradual said although kayak state language since kazakhstan became independent percent population said fluent written spoken kayak recent national census russian widespread percent claiming fluency census russian recognized official language kazakhstan several turkey nations including turkey azerbaijan turkmenistan uzbekistan also switched latin alphabets worldnews