Kazak(h)stan

[William Ryan]

PS to my last message - I pressed the button before I meant to while
finding the answer to several of my own queries.

Kazakstan with a k is indeed the current Cyrillic spelling on Kazak
passports (as shown on one apparently official Internet site
www.welcome-to.kazakstan), and also widely used on the Internet. The
alternative form Qazaqstan given on this website indicates that the k is

not the same as an English or Russian K and is presumably the reason for

the kh. On the other hand even more websites, including other apparently

official ones in Kazakhstan, include the h. I therefore deduce that the
matter is not one of great consequence at the moment and will stick by
my earlier decision until persuaded otherwise. The case is quite
different from that of [the] Ukraine.
Will



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