Yaña imlâ alphabet
1920–27 Arabic-based orthography for Tatar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yaña imlâ (Yaña imlâ: ياڭا ئيملە, Tatar: Яңа имлә, Yaña imlä, pronounced [jʌˈŋɑ imˈlæ], lit. "New orthography") was a modified variant of Arabic script that was in use for the Tatar language between 1920 and 1927. The orthographical reform modified İske imlâ, abolishing excess Arabic letters, adding letters for short vowels e, ı, ö, o. Yaña imlâ made use of "Arabic Letter Low Alef" ⟨ࢭ⟩ to indicate vowel harmony. Arguably, Yaña imlâ had as its goal the accommodation of the alphabet to the actual Tatar pronunciation.
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Script type | with some elements of an abjad |
Time period | 1920 to 1928 |
Languages | Tatar, Bashkir |
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There were some projects that were to simplify Yaña imlâ too. The unique separated Arabic was invented (so as to use typewriters). Separated Arabic was even incorporated in the early flag of Tatar ASSR, though it was not in real use.
As early as in 1924 the first projects of Latin script were introduced and in 1928 alphabet was switched to the Latin Yañalif alphabet.