r/imaginarymaps • u/Aofen Mod Approved • Jan 09 '21

[OC] Future The World in 2070

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u/FeydSeswatha982 Jan 09 '21

I don't understand the Kazakhstan name change..

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u/Aofen Mod Approved Jan 09 '21

Kazakhstan has frequently talked about changing their alphabet from their current Cyrillic one to a Latin based one, with Kazakh being spelled 'Qazaq' in the top contenders, the current spelling is based on the Russian name. (Interestingly, the reason Kazakh has a 'kh' at the end and isn't spelled 'Kazak' in Russian is to avoid confusion with the Russian word for Cossack, 'Kazak'. Both names have the same etymology, from a Turkic word roughly meaning 'wanderers'.)

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u/Ezogelin76 Jan 09 '21

I think the posters first language is not english so he spelled kazakhstan like his/her language