The new Crimean Tatar spelling was approved in Ukraine

Work on developing a new spelling project lasted since 2023

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The new Crimean Tatar spelling, created on the basis of Latin alphabet, has been approved in Ukraine. Thus, the transition of the Crimean Tatar language from Cyrillic to Latin officially ended.

Project of new spelling worked out from 2023, reported in the representation of the President of Ukraine to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

On April 4, 2025, the Cabinet supported the proposal of the State Service for Ethno -Policy and Freedom of Conscience and approved the use of a new spelling of the Crimean Tatar language.

The approved rules are recommended for application by all state bodies, including local administrations and military administrations, in particular, in the territory of the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.

”Spelling is based on the alphabet, approved Back in September 2021, and provides for the use of Latin graphics, which corresponds to modern language tendencies and historical tradition of the Crimean Tatar language« , – explain in the department.

Crimean Tatar was transferred to Cyrillic during the Soviet Union. After Ukraine, Crimean Tatar specialists talked about the need to translate spelling into Latin, as it better takes into account the phonetic features of the language.

With the approval of the new spelling, this process is considered officially completed.

”The development of the spelling of the Crimean Tatar language is an integral part of the implementation of the Crimean Tatar language development strategy by 2032, which is coordinated by the National Commission on Crimean Tatar Language.

This solution is of great symbolic and practical importance: it not only ensures the realization of the rights of the indigenous people of Ukraine, but also supports an intercultural dialogue in a multinational state« , – the message reads.

We will remind, we used to Published A test by which you can test your knowledge of the Crimean Tatar language.