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Common Turkic Alphabet

Okay, so you know how when you want to write something down like your name or a message, you use letters? The Common Turkic Alphabet is a special type of letters that many people who speak a group of languages called Turkic use to write down their words.

It has 33 letters that look kind of like the letters you know, but some of them are a little different. Each letter represents a different sound that is used in the Turkic languages.

Now, the thing is, not everyone who speaks a Turkic language uses the Common Turkic Alphabet. Some people use a different one called the Arabic script or the Cyrillic script. But the people who use the Common Turkic Alphabet like it because it’s easier to learn and it’s easier to read for people who speak different Turkic languages.

So there you have it, the Common Turkic Alphabet is a special set of letters that people who speak Turkic languages use to write down their words, and it helps them communicate better!