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		int_19h on April 16, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kazakhstan spells out plans for alphabet swap I'm curious; I get why it's "even German", given that they're an economically prosperous neighbor with jobs etc. But why "even Russian", today?

emteycz on April 18, 2017 | [–]

What vacri said; also, nowadays, some people choose Russian (you have to pick one foreign language that you'll learn next 7 years - parents do the choice) because it's relatively simple compared to English for Slavic native speakers.

vacri on April 16, 2017 | [–]

I imagine that there's quite a lot of Czechs over the age of 27.

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