Statistical data on the transition of the Kazakh alphabet to Latin graphics

   Since the problem of writing and the alphabet is closely related, first of all, it will be necessary to determine the sound foundation of each language, and then label each sound with letters. Written language can be called a graphic representation of the spoken language.
   The article discusses the necessity of the transition of the Kazakh alphabet from Cyrillic script to Latin graphics and possible difficulties of such transition, as well as possible ways of the transition to Latin graphics. The statistical analysis of frequency of occurrence of graphemes of the Kazakh alphabet and the percent of their coverage by example of 3 written texts of the Kazakh language has been conducted. Statistical data should be taken into account in the process of the transition of the Kazakh alphabet from Cyrillic script to Latin graphics

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