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Yañalif

Yañalif proper noun: the first Latin alphabet used during the Soviet epoch of Latinization from 1928 until 1938.

Proper noun

Yañalif

  1. The first Latin alphabet used during the Soviet epoch of Latinization from 1928 until 1938.

Origin of Yañalif

From the Common Turkic Alphabet spelling of Tatar яңалиф (yañalif), which is a contraction of яңа (yaña, “new”) and әлифба (älifba, “alphabet”).

Questions about Yañalif

What does Yañalif mean?
Yañalif means the first Latin alphabet used during the Soviet epoch of Latinization from 1928 until 1938.
What part of speech is Yañalif?
Yañalif is a proper noun.

Words near Yañalif in the dictionary

  1. yazoos
  2. Yazor
  3. Yazov
  4. Yazu
  5. Yazzie
  6. Yañalif
  7. yb
  8. YBA
  9. Ybanag
  10. Ybanak
  11. Ybanez

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