What about Kazakhstan vs Kazakstan?

[William Ryan]

One good reason for keeping the Russian spellings distinct is to to distinguish
the word kazakh from kazak 'Cossack'. But this would not apply in English.
Will Ryan

"Jolanta M. Davis" wrote:

> Further on the topic of changes in spelling the names of countries -- can
> anyone explain why the Kazaks seem to prefer that the name of their country
> be spelled "Kazakstan" instead of "Kazakhstan"? (I was working previously
> for an international aid organization and the organization's regional staff
> placed in Kazakstan was asked to tell the publications office to remove "h"
> from the country's name in all reports discussing the projects in that
> country). But I still don't know why.
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