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Old 03-13-2024, 06:04 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
I'm nearly sure Turkish used to use Arabic script and RTL, but now is Latin-Roman script and LTR.
But not that long ago - first the alphabet from Arabic to a Latin-Roman - 1928. Then the language, e.g. purging the Arabic and Iranian loan words - that took several decades.

Interestingly, similar reforms to other Turkic languages occurred over the same time frame.

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