Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin held a meeting of the National Commission for the Translation of the alphabet of the Kazakh language into Latin graphics.

A. Baitursynova Anar Fazylzhanova, about the project of the order of the letters of the Kazakh language on the keyboard — Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry-Bagdat Musin, about the upcoming work on the transition to the alphabet based on the Latin alphabet — Minister of Education and Science Askhat Aimagambetov. Comments were also made by the academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, doctor of philological Sciences, Professor Zeynep bazarbaeva, the Deputy of the Majilis Sauytbek Abdrakhmanov, the Deputy of the Senate of Parliament of Kazakhstan Murat Baktiyaruly, the rector of the ENU them. L. N. Gumileva Erlan Sydykov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Hangeldi Abzhanov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yeraly Tugzhanov. At the initiative of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev, in 2017, work began on translating the alphabet of the Kazakh language into Latin graphics. As part of the execution of the order of the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dated October 21, 2019 to improve the alphabet of the Kazakh language based on Latin graphics, more than 40 variants of the alphabet were considered, as well as draft rules for spelling the Kazakh language and the order of letters on the keyboard. In educational institutions, a survey was conducted on writing and reading the characters of the improved alphabet. Open discussions have been organized to take public opinion into account. The improved alphabet includes 31 characters of the basic Latin alphabet system, fully covering 28 sounds of the Kazakh language. The specific sounds of the Kazakh languageә (ä), ө (ö), ү (ü), ұ (ū) and ғ (ğ), ш (ş) are indicated by the diacritical symbols umlaut ( ̈), macron (ˉ), sedil ( ̧), brevis ( ̌ ), which are often used in international practice. The alphabet corresponds to the principle of "one sound – one letter", fixed in the written practice of the Kazakh language.
A phased transition to the new alphabet is planned from 2023 to 2031.
"The improved version of the alphabet will give a new impetus to the development of the Kazakh language and will contribute to its modernization in accordance with modern trends. In the coming period, it is necessary to carry out a lot of preparatory work on the gradual transition to the Latin script of the Kazakh language, " A. Mamin said. The Head of the Government instructed to conduct extensive information and explanatory work among the population on the improved alphabet of the Kazakh language based on Latin graphics.