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This issue was non existent before Feb 24 but now becomes really relevant. The Cyrillic script has weird origins (the first known chronicler in it was some Novgorod priest Upir Оfeigr; his first name sounds like "vampire"). The official story about Cyril and Methodius is an example of empire propaganda. Their Glagolitic alphabet has no relation to Cyrillic. So, no real value to keep the Cyrillic script other than imperialist sphere of influence considerations. Even the Serbs switched.

I think that a Latin variant of Ukrainian language must avoid diacritics. They are completely foreign and will annoy people which hurdles future wide adoption. I like a variant called Farbetka [1]. It is close to something I would like to see being widely used.

[1] facebook.com/notes/farbetka/фарбетка-позиційна-українська-латиниця-без-діакритики/534910516989409/

parent valeg 4 years ago

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