Why Kazakhstan is Changing Alphabets

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[@PolyMatter]

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[@shaheeralikhan67]

Lol

[@rylaczero3740]

Waiting for some hong kong perspective

[@aakksshhaayy]

Do one on Hong Kong. China is a trash place with a trash government.

[@Gmagnani100]

You put an L ( л ) instead of an N ( н) in KazakistaN in the intro

[@AQuestioner]

aakksshhaayy You could insult our government, but I couldn’t allow you to insult our land.

[@tripletgalaxy]

gone from Arabic to Cyrillic to Latin, so their older citizens probably know three alphabets lol

[@bauerjan7887]

I'm 19 and I know all three of them

[@kazaktranslator9850]

@Bob Smith not for our language, too many unnecessary letters. I personally like Latin based alphabet, especially one made by activists, Kazak Grammar

[@frankschneider6156]

@Bob Smith You want a cool alphabet ? Use Klingon, puny human.

[@Septiccatgaming]

Frank Schneider Klingon’s alphabet looks like shit.

[@smolsoph4094]

Zeyin Waqıt I’m 13 and I know all three :>

[@heavenlygaze-]

Nursultan: look how humble I am. I’m really humble. I’m the best at being humble.

[@BloodRider1914]

Not as bad as Saparmurat Niyazov. What a man he was

[@Thrlta]

Seems to be a trend among incompetent politicians to boast ov their humility as if it's some fucking badge to boost public opinion.

[@pystalcrepsi]

Win election with 97% of the vote, I must.

[@ArgKaiser]

Sounds like Trump 😂

[@dbc680]

It's the good advice, that you just didn't take.

[@the_xsx]

As a "russian" living in the Kazakhstan, I never felt like a second-class citizen. In fact, never in my life I associated myself with Russia, but rather Kazakhstani. I fully support transition to latin alphabet, although we have better ways to spend money on right now and cut on the corruption, this os a much needed move to build Kazakhstani identity domestically and internationally.

[@218kq]

Then, just my personal wonder, why those significant russians in Ukraine very attractive to unite themselves to Russia? Both countries had much closer history than Russia to the Kazakh, so it's more logically to happened to the place where it's not really had greater bonding. (I know my question already give it's answer but i just wanna knows your opinion.)

[@ivanpetrov5185]

Why do you fully support transition to Latin alphabet? What's the point of that shit?

[@the_xsx]

@@ivanpetrov5185 I just don't see how it is hurting anybody.

[@nurzhan3269]

@@the_xsx Those Russian Russians ignite the fire between Kazakhs and Russians in Kazakhstan, but if you go to Russia they will not recognize you as Russian, but rather will call you "churka" and will speak you down.

[@astraldrifter]

@@ivanpetrov5185 what's the point of having a slavic alphabet? Get rid of that shit

[@tontonj97]

oh my god, I am a kazakh citizen and I gotta say, YOU KILLED THIS REVIEW. It was very acurate of our political situation and complicated state of our country thank you so much!!!

[@samalaimukhametova7290]

Сол мен де соны жаздым

[@aldozilli1293]

After Ukraine, Putin will want Kazakhstan and Georgia.

[@billbill3634]

Kazakhstan: Imagine being stuck between China and Russia. Mongolia: You talking to me?!

[@rejvaik00]

Pretty sure Kazaks don't like the Mongolians very much you know after that conquering business

[@grimjowjaggerjak]

@@rejvaik00 It was almost millenia ago...

[@rejvaik00]

Doesn't matter people hold historic grudges

[@reneroux2391]

@@rejvaik00 that aint what he meant

[@rejvaik00]

@@reneroux2391 I think it is because every time people express a dislike for the "other" people they cite some historical precedent wether it's real or imagined

[@attila840702]

Title: Kazakh Alphabet Video: Complete history and economy of Kazakhstan

[@aspandiyarkossanov7267]

that is funny but essential to understand the situation of the country(my motherland). It is hard to be between Dangerous "dragon" and Aggressive "bear" you know. Nonetheless, we are a happy nation and we will not give our independence neither to china nor Russia.

[@allanjohnson8951]

That's clickbait, baby. (not even shade, it's a great way to attract traffic for an otherwise boring sounding video)

[@yutubkullanicisi]

@@aspandiyarkossanov7267 LOVE FROM TURKEY!

[@imaginaryguide1895]

Came for the alphabet; stayed for the history.

[@ReggieVSSolace]

@@imaginaryguide1895 Me too!

[@brianwilkinson6891]

I have this flag tattooed on my arm after living and working in Kaz for nearly 10 years. Wonderful people and place.

[@TarlanT]

Wow! Kudos to you bro! From Kazakh.

[@ourtube5191]

Respect bratan!

[@elenadrachyovs4151]

Respekt i uvazhuha! 🤓

[@richardcarroll9864]

Weeeeiiiirrrd🙁🙁🙁

[@slobodanpaunovic3834]

Did you start coloured revolution last year?😂😂😂😂

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

3:40 Not really. Kazakhstan was the last country to leave the USSR. For couple of days, Kazakhstan was the USSR.

[@martinmendl1399]

The USSR still existed as a landless formal entity tho if I remember it right, before it was officially dissolved

[@firstnamelastname1407]

@@martinmendl1399 Order of Malta 2?

[@marioluigi9599]

You also need to change your alphabet. What are those stupid things in your name? Supposed to be letters?

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

@@marioluigi9599 I'm so sorry I'm not MURICAN'^tm...

[@deavman]

@@marioluigi9599 It's called Hebrew, one of the oldest languages in the world. But of course you knew that didn't you מריו לואיג'י

[@mdnght5152]

Kazakhstan sounds like a friend who tries to fit in with everyone around him with multiple personalities.

[@kazakhpone6814]

It ain't easy being Kazakh ))))

[@grimble4564]

We all have infinite personalities. At the core we are all the same. You as an entity are a psychological illusion. We are all just actors wearing whatever mask we think is most appropriate for the scene. Sleep well :)

[@wellwell5483]

@@kazakhpone6814 Eyy, fellow mlp көруші!

[@abdul-salembeibitkhan4261]

100% true. I am kinda kazakh and I can prove this. Whenever they see a person from the neighbouring countries who is kinda rich they try to kiss their butt all the time and earn some money or smth valuable.

[@fanteasy7399]

You are right. Our government always want to be like a "highly developed" Western countries. Yeah they are very developed, but there is no individuality in our politics. There is nothing that we produce, which would be our unique symbol(

[@mrtorch6827]

Imagine having to teach your entire country a new alphabet.

[@mehmetyersel449]

Mr Torch Ataturk did it

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

@@saifm2409 In Turkey, you half-wit.

[@Baka_Oppai]

As someone who has learned other languages as a hobby I can say that learning to read can actually be pretty easy. If you already know the language it's pretty simple. Especially if the language has set "sounds". Not so sure about Russian but when I learned Japanese for instance the base syllable letters katakana/hiragana took a couple weeks at most to learn. Korean is the same way, very simple.

[@gangsungho5161]

Neonazis Should Speak Deutsch did we?

[@gangsungho5161]

Neonazis Should Speak Deutsch chinese letters -> korean. So yeah I think you are right

[@Anthony-uz5lo]

Also we have our joke: "my name is Nazarbaev. I live in Nazarbaev street and i go to Nazarbaev school. I'll going to Nur-Sultan by Nazarbaev Airport." - Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbaev

[@Nurikanski]

And my name is Nūrsūltan

[@Prime_Nemesis_Autobots_Optimus]

@@Nurikanski my name is goldun Khan

[@christopheroneill3810]

Having lived and worked in Kazakhstan, I think this video is generally very sound in its analysis. Thanks PolyMatter. One minor correction (as others in the comments have mentioned), is that the use of the Julian calendar in Kazakhstan is not a carry over from Soviet Union, but more from the Russian Empire times since the Russian/Eastern Orthodox church insisted on staying with the Julian calendar when most of the West moved to the Gregorian calendar. Also saying that Nursultan Nazarbayev actually 'won' 97.7% of the vote in 2015 is controversial, I think it would be more accurate to say that 'it was announced that he won 97.7% of the vote'...

[@louisecorchevolle9241]

sure about the Julian calendar som confuses Russia and USSR and insists Staline was Russian as Trotsky ( ukrainien) the monster dzerjinsky was also russian ( polish) the problem is always anti Russian propaganda or illetratcy

[@hudsoncosta8615]

​@@louisecorchevolle9241 You know fully well why rulers of the USSR as labeled Russian and its not anti-russian propaganda. Russia was the most influential and powerfull of the soviet republics and the glue that held it all together. There is no great ideological leap to be made by saying they were russians specially because the forces they commanded and the influence they were spreading were indeed more russian than anything else.

[@user-ez8le1rp3x]

If you disagree with the government of Kazakhstan, get the hell out of their country.

[@jacksonteller1337]

​@@louisecorchevolle9241 anti Russian sentiment and the fact that the Soviet Union is referred to as Russia and the leaders Russian have nothing to do with each other. The Russian Soviet Republic conquered all the other states that used to be a part of the Russian empire. That is why the west always talks about Russia and Russian when referring to the USSR. It has to do with history not propaganda. The anti Russian sentiment is due to it invading it's neighbours and committing of genocide in the occupied territories. First as the Russian empire, than to establish the Soviet Union and now again as the Russian Fascist Federation.

[@petartoshkov2076]

Fun thing: This country was the last to leave the Soviet Union even Russia left earlier

[@user-mg1yx7db4g]

We"ve done it to get more territory lol.

[@BLACKMETAL9224]

@@user-mg1yx7db4g Много территории, мало людей, а пробки на дорогах часто. Мдээ

[@user-im9fq6xc5x]

@@BLACKMETAL9224 ештене етпейди. Осемиз гой

[@petartoshkov2076]

@sfdy edkw It is a fact that Kazakhstan left the USSR on 15-th December 1991 making it the last one to leave the USSR. That explains why the protocols dissolving the USSR were signed in Alma Ata and not in, say, Moscow. The first country to leave the Union was Lithuania on 11-th March 1990

[@petartoshkov2076]

@sfdy edkw Maybe they should've googled "how to leave the USSR properly" before going to protest

[@psy-lion]

I'm just in love with Kazakh flag and its colors

[@ashwinrawat9622]

same here

[@thequeanie9829]

Don’t know what to say. For me as a kazakh person myself or kazakh people i know, it seemed regular and... boring

[@freeman10000]

The Kazakh flag is pretty cool 👍🇰🇿🇦🇺

[@lilydrimm6626]

@@thequeanie9829 Listen up! I'm from france! Not more regular than my flag x) Though, I'm also english and I find the UK flag pretty cool...

[@THEBIGGESTSCUMBAG]

IT'S BAE TBH

[@omarqasirov8754]

Typing in Cyrillic isn't that hard...🙄 But a Latin alphabet makes your language more readable to tourists and foreigners.

[@katitobyt]

Gokturk Alphabet is better than Cryril and others. Edit: No.

[@xexpaguette]

@@katitobyt why it's literally the same, just different lol

[@katitobyt]

@@xexpaguette Sorry,I meant Gokturk Alphabet

[@maxim6088]

well...this has nothing o do with simplicity, they just want to be farther from Russia, and more tourist friendly...

[@xexpaguette]

@@katitobyt oh its ok

[@LordDavid04]

Kazakhstan: Switches to Latin Alphabet. Everyone: Yay, we can read it now! Mongolia: Switches to old Mongolian Script. Everyone: WUH?

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

Mongolian script looks better tho

[@evzenvarga9707]

@@jcxkzhgco3050 most things look better, latin looks boring.

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

@@evzenvarga9707 ya, it looks boring. Many languages use it

[@cowboytanaka6675]

@@evzenvarga9707 It’s impossible to write Mongolian properly in a Latin script. The youth uses Latin letters but have kind of their own slang and code words. The traditional script fits the language like a glove

[@oocarroll]

Great decision by ancient and patriotic Mongolia.

[@busanmapping3429]

I'm kinda sad that Astana was switched to Nur-Sultan

[@BlackDeathFTW]

i was born in astana. people have changed.. they dont like russians nowadays. thats at least what i have noticed

[@AntzolY111]

Russian washed The last of USSR legacy

[@busanmapping3429]

@@BlackDeathFTW I am a mixed Korean, but people mix me for being Kazakh

[@MsJerrySparkle]

@@BlackDeathFTW почему?

[@cloroxbleach9222]

I much prefer Astana over Nur-Sultan.

[@TheAlexN1305]

This gave me chills: With CC (subtitles) enabled at 3:04 there are several quick flashes of text that are never read out loud. They read: _During this time, "undesirables" were sent to labor camps in Kazakhstan on Soviet orders. These brutal prisons, one, the size of France, were used for mining and agricultural labor, while punishing those deemed problematic by the regime._

[@viktorskokins1689]

Candle Light go up!

[@redyau_]

Yep, the Soviets were much worse than Hitler. Hitler was really bad too, but when you measure the people hurt and killed, USSR "wins" by a lot. I hate it when someone is light on them as a Hungarian (a former soviet-occupied state).

[@tmonkey3323]

Sounds completely ridiculous and false, "prisons, one, the size of France"

[@shotelco]

This 'missive' may have to do with: "Stalin wanted to absorb eastern Poland into the Soviet Union as quickly as possible in the late 1930's, and the job of NKVD (essentially the Soviet Union’s secret service.) officers was to squash any potential resistance. The Soviet leadership quickly labeled certain professions as dangerous, and made sure that agents went after any Polish person who held such a role - military veterans, foresters, civil servants and policemen, among others. Many Polish citizens were deported as a result. *In February 1940, NKVD agents rounded up some 14,000 people on Stalin’s orders. Those arrested were placed in freight trains and shipped off to forced labor settlements in Kazakhstan or Siberia. More deportations followed. All in all, some 50,000 people died from the stresses of travel alone.* Educated Poles were also seen as a threat. The NKVD knew that Poland’s political and social fabric would disintegrate without an educated class, so they identified and arrested anyone in it. Some 25,000 Poles took part in resistance groups. At the time, some 97 percent of prisoners in Soviet labor camps were educated Poles. Conditions in work camps were terrible, and many laborers died during their time in the camps."

[@kazaktranslator9850]

I live in Kazakhstan, near one of those prisons, it's located in the small town Dolinka, the name of the prison - KarLag. Nowadays a museum, really scary place, especially if you read very closely. For example there was a prisoner, sent there by Stalin, and the day Stalin died, he still cried and grieved him. Just imagine the sheer size of the personality cult he built.

[@avantelvsitania3359]

12:17 - “It’s true fragility is never quite known - discontent is masked by fear of punishment for speaking out, until, all at once, it’s let loose, and the previously restrained anger suddenly boils over. A perfectly stable-appearing authoritarian state can rapidly descend into chaos, but it’s impossible to know when or if such revolution is coming.” Well... it’s the first week of January of 2022 and it’s very interesting to read all that right now. Seems like this video needs some updates. It seems like the answer to “when will the anger boil over” could well be just “3 years”, but let’s hope the Kazakhs can achieve Peace and Prosperity after these historic events.

[@andreahoehmann1939]

There is a textbook on the Kazak language, which also introduces into customs and traditions of the Kazak people. The Latin alphabet is used there. Bielefeld, Germany, 2010

[@thischannel4326]

2019: Cyrillic to Latin 2030: Latin to Chinese Simplified

[@lo-fiboi8184]

2031 ENGLISH

[@pullt]

@Random Person I think the assertion is that it will be an occupation....military, cultural, economic or some combination thereof...

[@thebutcherofbenghazi.libya3348]

We are very modern like US and A. After the reforms of 2012 by Bagdor The Rapist, women now can ride on INSIDE of bus, and gays no longer need to wear a Blue Hat and can hold jobs dealing with the public, and with children, so long as 4 other adults or 20 other children are in the room at all time.

[@Rolando_Cueva]

They’re going to implement it on 2020 though.

[@eve36368]

@Alex Mercer yes! pinyin

[@sultans2744]

Extremely accurate on most of the points. Being Kazakh myself, I can only argue that the biggest problem in the country is not hidden beneath cultural identity or geographical location. Instead, it is located in the structure of the inner state and selfishness of many politicians in it. It would be obvious to say that growing corruption is the biggest problem in Kazakhstan, but it would not make it any less truthful. We might find possible explanation in Russia’a immense pressure from North. However I personally believe that it should not be an obstacle on the way of the future generation in achieving just division of wealth, effective government, or, at the very least, fair judicial system for all citizens across vast steppes of Kazakhstan.

[@kazaktranslator9850]

Bizdiň halıktıň köbisi Nazarbayev wakıtında tuwılıptı goy😂 ne degen sumdık, osı urpak tezirek ösip cıgarıp jibersek tezirek

[@angeliparraguirre7329]

Well that sounds like most of the world tbh

[@rhidiandavies1991]

I hope the corruption you mentioned is resolved eventually, but I'd just like to say your English is really impressive! Did you learn in Kazakhstan or abroad?

[@musclesglasses5790]

"Just division of wealth"? Сам понял че сказал? Эти динозавры скорее удавятся, а лучше всех остальных передавят, чем пойдут на какое-либо "перераспределение".

[@Folsets]

@@kazaktranslator9850 тогда не было интернета, был телик, радио и газеты которые полностью контролировались властью. Пропаганда работала. Сейчас не работает.

[@yikong5621]

Thank you for your interesting video. Actually before switching from Arabic to Cyrillic, there was a short period of Latin script inbetween. It was also part of Moscow´s policy to keep its Turkic nations away from its rival in the region - the largest Turkic nation - Turkey which uses Latin letters since Ata Turk reforms.

[@edwardtheking2983]

Quite right!!!

[@Rocket_scientist_88]

GREAT video about an overlooked country! Thank you for making this. Excellent short video with a lot of info cleverly packed inside, with terrific graphics. Well done!

[@uncinarynin]

Linguistically, cyrillic letters are especially well suited to slavic languages. Kazakh is a turkic language. Changing to latin alphabet also means to get more accessible to "the west". Changing the alphabet twice within a century however also means that those who study historic kazakh literature will have to learn a lot of writing systems.

[@justinh6651]

It'll complicate things. But it can help them by knowing multiple languages indirectly.

[@rdtgr8]

We all understand that Cyrillic has more letters than Latin which supposes Latin might fit only with using diacritics which nobody prohibits to do in Cyrillic as well. So the only true argument is seeming to be closer to West or Turkey which is quite ridiculous reason for mature nation.

[@dumpsterDeity]

@@rdtgr8 this.

[@isaacsechslingloff9894]

@@rdtgr8 Kazakhs latin alphabet is shit they went for letter combinations instead of diacritics like Turkey... also the entire older generation can't read it

[@pizduk.1337]

It's not like latin alphabet suits Turkic languages better tho

[@dnwitte]

"Before killing 152 people, doctors suspected counterfeit vodka was the cause." Oh my god, call an editor!

[@firstnamelastname1407]

Doctors are the cause

[@somenothing7914]

they had to go, for the good doctors' work to succeed, u must understand

[@wasabista1613]

Hang those doctors. Then fire the proofreaders.

[@FawziaTung]

Editor coming to the rescue!!! 🤣😂

[@aggressivecalm]

Use of the Latin alphabet will greatly increase, and ease interaction with the non-Slavic world. North and South America, Europe, Africa, the Pacific etc. A common alphabet greatly simplifies learning English, French, German, Spanish, etc. This will boost the Kazakh economy over time.

[@jazirafaydarisqizikz9384]

Im Kazakh I agree with u we defiently must use Latin to return right sounds of Kazakh Language, to keep better relationship with our related countries and with the world

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

Many countries of "Slavic world" write in latin alphabet (Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia....)

[@ScorgRus]

And if it wouldn't? You gonna take the responsibility?

[@moonasha]

@@jazirafaydarisqizikz9384 I'm curious, did the imposition of cyrillic also impose russian pronunciation? did you lose sounds? And I agree with everyone else. Cyrillic was purpose built for Russian and Russian sounds. и, ы, е, э, ш, щ, and so on. This alphabet doesn't work well for other languages, at least if you stick to Russian pronunciation. Now that Kazakh has its own purpose built alphabet, it will make much more sense, and I'm happy to see they're using things like "ch" instead of a ч replacement character

[@jazirafaydarisqizikz9384]

@@moonasha definitely it is. Russian made huge influence on pronunciation of Kazakh language. There are many of examples. But for example I’ll take e. In Kazakh it’s originally e sound like in Enemy. But many people pronounce it as russian e(ye). Erkek(Man) by many people pronounced as yerkiek witch is sounds like little girls name haha or also J(in Kazakh it’s one like in English) but because of russian zh(ж) some people pronounce it that way.

[@junct]

And the US can't even switch from imperial to metric

[@ricnyc2759]

They use the metric system. The medicine is measure by milligrams etc.

[@ImPedofinderGeneral]

will they change it when they stop being imperialists?)

[@mr.anderson2241]

The US technically has a middle ground in the matter, since they teach metric and imperial in school which just makes it harder to learn either by keeping track of the two conflicting systems and constantly learning how to convert metric to imperial and vice versa. That’s mostly why I don’t know metric very well since they teach it poorly and both.

[@ImPedofinderGeneral]

@gedeyom gıyamete hamıneya mph is very metric

[@danksmemington362]

Why should it? "everyone else uses it" Well, they're not here so who cares?

[@TheOtherNeutrino]

>Wins election by 97.7% Nazarbyev: Sorry. We'll try to be more democratic next time.

[@manh385]

How mad is these dictators I feel for this country and it's people

[@greenday1610]

Democracy sucks If you want to solve the problem you need long term strategy Or your country will be ruined like Ukraine They cannot solve any problem because of decentralization of power Their leaders have too little time Also all people are too ignorant to vote Ukraine let stupid people to vote for actor that filmed in movie where his character was president that solve all problems Zelenskiy If South Korea had no dictatorship they wouldnt be south Korea that we know They had plans, goals and power to realize

[@samsmith4242]

man boc the country isn’t in a position to be democratic at the moment. It seems like things are going well and they’re getting past their crisis period. Hopefully, they can transition to a stable democracy peacefully after his death. Until then, they to escape the bear without poking it

[@gabrielbruno7122]

@@greenday1610 So how is the USA the most powerful country in the world? And why the western democracies have the biggest economies, prosperity and political power?

[@midge_gender_solek3314]

@@greenday1610 Yeah, look how well authoritarian countries are dealing with corona crisis. Surely, they returned taxes to revitalize the economy and funded medical staff, and did not manipulate statistics and (unsuccessfully) force people to stay home without paying shit? ...Right?

[@asperRader]

I like how around 3:07 subtitles suddenly appear quickly going over some sort of atrocities that went on in Kazakhstan, but which aren't said out loud.

[@williamjames212]

I did not see it?

[@TheAlexN1305]

@@williamjames212 you have to enable CC (subtitles) and there, at 3:05 there are several quick flashes of text that are never read out loud. They read: _During this time, "undesirables" were sent to labor camps in Kazakhstan on Soviet orders. These brutal prisons, one, the size of France, were used for mining and agricultural labor, while punishing those deemed problematic by the regime._

[@williamjames212]

@@TheAlexN1305 thanks alot, I know see it.

[@autismspirit]

Lord Farquaad because saying it out loud would anger a bunch of commies in the comments or it just didn't fit too well in the context, idk

[@placeholder8768]

Lord Farquaad he would probably get demonetized for it.

[@user-xl9tl3lt8x]

As a kazakh, I am glad that someone did a proper research on our history. Thank you! Our country is sometimes misrepresented in “educational” videos (a BBC journalist showed that everyone in Kazakhstan uses shaman rituals, which is a lie)

[@sarahprince539]

Love your channel. It is so educational and fun to watch. I am watching so many of your videos now. I wish KZbin have suggested your channel to me sooner. Keep up posting all the amazing videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge to the world.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Nur-Sultan? They named it after their former leader, I like it

[@cinnamon4]

@Jhon Krasnovskiy Kim Jong-unville

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

please rename you country to Kim jongunstan

[@Folsets]

Are you real dictator? Maybe you want some close relationship with Vor-Sultan?

[@b.m.5068]

Sup King? Can you call me for dinner? I'm more charming than trump :))

[@fanteasy7399]

Kazakhstan is a fucking dictatorship, it is normal there.

[@kevinzhu6417]

when i was at a chinese international school we had Kazakh students. seems like a beautiful and interesting place to visit

[@damirdaukarayev1226]

If you consider nature, it is astonishing in some of the areas, especially the Almaty region. However, the infrastructure in the majority of the cities here is underdeveloped.

[@sajaninda]

which school kevin?

[@Genso326]

Damir Daukarayev anyway better developed than in most of Chinese cities

[@Vstavayteludirusskiey]

But not to invade or claim Chinese sovereignty over the country

[@DeeSnow97]

seems to me as a likely place for one of the main chapters of WW3 if there's ever gonna be a WW3, so if you're planning to visit I'd say do it while it's still in one piece

[@direnius]

An excellent documentary, but you have completely forgotten the part that Kazakhistan is part of the Turkic Council. This is also one of the reasons the alphabet was changed. All Turkic states are either using or switching over to a Latin alphabet now. This council (although not very dominant right now) will have a major impact on future geopolitical issues as the Turkic nations are setting the brick stones to form a union. That is the long-term strategy for all of the countries and something most think tanks and political scientists are overlooking right now, but a Turkic Union with a regional power such as Turkey and another relatively strong power such as Kazakhistan on board will undoubtedly change the whole political landscape, not just in the region, but in all of the world. I think you should have added this to the equation, otherwise a very comprehensive and mind-opening documentary. As always.

[@vizibilibende5194]

yesssss we are starting :)

[@nimtraiphummadan2802]

Will we see the return of slavery under a new Ottoman Empire?

[@niggacockball7995]

@@vizibilibende5194 now if only that gergoian leading this country was gone...

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

Never heard of Turkic Council before. Thanks for the comment.

[@immad9706]

*Astana means Capital* If thats the case in my country, our Capital would be called *Darulkhilafa*

[@leysont]

Guten Tag, I am from Hauptstadt. Edit: Google says darulkhilafa is Hindi for Barbarism?

[@immad9706]

@@leysont Its an urdu word bro.... Which is the official langauge of Pakistan... And it means nothing but *Capital* ..... I am sure about it.

[@leysont]

@@immad9706 Then why does Google think it means Barbarism?

[@obviouslymatt6452]

@@leysont because you translated it from the wrong language you maggot

[@kareemzameek4095]

Darulkhilafa means the house of the caliphate in arabic, A Very interesting etymological origin, Makes a lotta sense historically too

[@59DGO59]

Having been in Kazakhstan, it really felt like being in the 4th dimension. - 3/4 of muslim asians, 1/4 of christian blonde blue eyed european russians. You get both huge mosques and big cathedrals. - the capital feels like a little Dubaï, but you can still feel the USSR influence in the poor people buildings and the uniformed person who verifies every ticket in buses. - Huuuge mass area compared to population and you can feel this, but still almost everyone lives in a flat. - very few people speak english, everybody assumes you speak russian even at the airport. Sometimes even the most basic english words are not understood. - there is a giant mall in a glass tent with a water park on top of it. It was really special, man. Felt like a weird dream.

[@lostsoul4021]

Almost everything is correct. Except not everyone is religious, some are atheists. And there are some who can speak fluent English.

[@irisselene2325]

All I know is that Astana sounded so beautiful and unique and now when I can finally visit It will feel weird to say I'm in Nur Sultan lol

[@mohammedkoudri3838]

we dont care of ur feeling , we care about their people culture

[@irisselene2325]

@@mohammedkoudri3838 Yeah but I mean isn't Nur Sultan their presidents name? I'm not a fan of that.

[@mohammedkoudri3838]

Washington also was named to an American's president

[@haqqizillysozo]

@@irisselene2325 Nur sultan also means king of light

[@user-ci7vu7eo9w]

@@mohammedkoudri3838 dictators do that all the time

[@LeonGalindoStenutz]

Excellent video -- sweeping & broad & detailed. Insightful, educational, and intersting. Well done, thank you!

[@Abeturk]

21+ tenses in turkish language... Anatolian Turkish.verb conjugations A= To (toward)(~for) (for the thick voiced words) E= To (toward)(~for) (for the subtle voiced words) Okul=School U=it= it's-(that) Git=Go ...(verb root) Mak/Mek...(emek)=exertion (process) Git-mek=(verb)= to Go ( it's originally get-mek =to get there now on ) Gel-mek= to Come Yap-mak= to Do Bak-mak= to Look Gör-mek= to See 1 .present continuous tense (now or then, right now or later, nowadays or soon) it's used to explain the current actions or planned events (for the specified times) Yor-mak =to tire (~ to try - to deal with) (for the subtle and thick voiced words) A/e....Yormak= to try(deal) only mentally.. I/i/u/ü....Yormak=to try (deal) both physical and mental about.. is used as "--Yor" positive.. examples.. Okula gidiyorsun ( you are going to school)= Okul-a Git-i-yor-u-sen ( School-to go-to-try it's-you) (You're try-to-Go to school) Evden geliyorum ( I'm coming from home) = Ev-de-en Gel-i-yor-u-men ( Home-at-then try-to-come I-am) (from home I try to come) negative... A)..Ma= Not B)...Değil= it's not (equally) examples.. A: Okula gitmiyorsun ( you are not going to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-i-yor-u--sen (School-to go-not-to try it's-you) -(You're try-to-not-Go to school) B: Okula gidiyor değilsin ( you are not going to school)=Okul-a Git-i-yor değil-sen (You aren't try(ing)-to-Go to school) Question sentence: Ma-u ?=Not-it =(is) Not it? is used as....Mı-Mi-Mu-Mü Okula mı gidiyorsun? ( Are you going to school?)= Okul-a Ma-u Git-i-yor-u-sen ? ( To-school Not-it You-try-to-go ?)(~Towards the school or somewhere else are you going ?) Okula gidiyor musun? ( Do You go to school?)= Okul-a Git-i-yor Ma-u -sen ? ( To school Try-to-go Not-it-you?) (~Are you going or not going towards the school ?) Okula sen mi gidiyorsun ? (~Are you the one going to school ?) Sinema'ya gidiyor musunuz? (Are you going to the Cinema?)= Sinema'y-a Git-i-yor Ma-u-sen-iz ? ( To-the Cinema Try-to-Go Not-it-you ?)-2.plural Evde misin? (Are you at home) = Ev-de Ma-u-sen = Home-at Not-it-you (Not-it-you At-home ?) 2 .present simple tense (everytime, always or never , anytime or at all, often,rarely or sometimes, now or later, soon, if possible) it's used to explain our own thoughts about the topic positive.. A-Var= existent-ready-available-present TO (verb) E-Er= get TO (verb) Var-mak =~ to arrive (at) ...(to attain).....(for the thick voiced words) Er-mek=~ to get (at) ...(to reach).....(for the subtle voiced words) examples.. Okula gidersin ( you go to the school)= Okul-a Git-e-er-sen (You get-to-Go to school) Arabaya Biner (s/he gets in the car) =Araba-y-a Bin-e-er (s/he gets-to-ride to car).. Hergün erken kalkarım (I get up early everyday)= Her-gün er-u-ka-en kak-a-var-u-men ( I that get-to-direct (myself) up when that early everyday) O gidince çıkarız (We get out when he has gone)= O git-ka-en-çe çık-a-var-u-(men)-iz ( we get to go out as that time which he go) Gece olduğunda uyursun ( You sleep when it's night)= Gece ol-du-ka-u-an-da uyu-y-a-var-sen (You arrive in asleep at that time which it became night) negative... Ma= Not Bas-mak =~to pass over (~ to press onto/into) ...(for the thick voiced words) Ez-mek=~ to crush (~ to press down) ...(for the subtle voiced words) Maz=Ma-bas= (no pass)=(to give up)=(vaz geçer) (in the thick voiced words) Mez=Ma-ez= (no crush)=(do/es-not)=(to skip)=(es geçer) (in the subtle voiced words) example.. Okula gitmezsin ( you don't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-ez-sen (You no-crush--Go to school)=( you skip of going to school) O bunu yapmaz (s/he doesn't do this) = Bunu yap-ma-bas ( s/he no-pass--Do this)=(s/he gives up doing this) Niçün şuna bakmazsınız = (why don't you look at that )=Ne-u-çün şu-n'a bak-ma-bas-sen-iz (2. plural)= what-it-reason at that you give up looking Bunu görebilirler = (they can see this) = Bu-ne-u Gör-e-Bil-e-er-ler =They-get-to-Know-to-See what's-This 3.simple future tense (soon or later) it's used to explain the events we thought that is going to happen Çak-mak =~ to tack...to fasten ...(for the thick voiced words) Çek-mek=~ to attract , to take, to bring beside, ~to catch (~to keep close it) ...(for the subtle voiced words) Cak =(jock)... (in the thick voiced words) Cek =(jack)... (in the subtle voiced words) example.. Okula gideceksin ( you'll go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek-sen (~You attract-to-Go to school) (~Attracts-you -to-Go to school) Ali Okula gidecek ( Ali is going to go to school)= Ali Okul-a Git-e-çek (~Ali catches-to-Go to school) negative... A. Okula gitmeyeceksin ( you won't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-e-çek-sen (You catch-not-to-Go to school) B. Okula gidecek değilsin (the one is not you to go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek değil-sen (it's not you tak(ing)-to-Go to school) 4 . simple past tense (currently or before) it's used to explain the completed events which that we're sure about Di = now on (anymore) Di-mek = ~ to deem , ~ to mean, ~ to think so is used as....(Dı-di-du-dü) example.. Okula gittin ( you went to school)= Okul-a Git-di-N Okula gittin mi ? (did you go to school ?)= Okul-a Git-di-N Ma-u ?( You went to school Not-it ?) Dün İstanbul'da kaldım (I stayed in Istanbul yesterday)= Dün İstanbul-da kal-dı-M negative... Okula gitmedin ( you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-di-N Bugün burada kalmadılar (They didnt stay here today) =Bu,gün bu,ir-da kal-ma-dı-ul,dar 5 . mental past tense (which we did not witness)- (just now or before) it's used to explain the completed events which that we're not able sure about Muş-mak = ~ to inform , meaning... I'm informed about - I realized- I'm notice- I got it- I learned so - I heard that...or it seems so (to me) if it's in the question sentence...do you have any inform about...do you know..did you heard...are you aware or does it look like happened such ? is used as....(Mış-miş-muş-müş) example.. Okula gitmişsin ( I heard about) you went to school)= Okul-a Git-miş-u-sen (I'm informed about) You've been to school) Bir hata yapmışım (I realized I made a mistake) = Bir hata Yap-mış-u-men (Seems that I've made a mistake) negative... A. Okula gitmemişsin (I've been informed about) you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-miş-sen (I've been learned that) You're not gone to school) B. Okula gitmiş değilsin (I heard that) you hadn't gone to school)= Okul-a Git--miş değil-sen (I've been informed about) You haven't been to school) others. 6.Okula varmak üzeresin (You're about to arrive at school) 7.Okula gitmektesin ( You're in (process of) going to school) (~ you have been going to school) 8.Okula gidiyordun( Okula git-e-yor er-di-n) (You were going to school) 9.Okula gidiyormuşsun ( Okula git-e-yor er-miş-sen) ( I heard that) You are going to school)(2.I learned that you were going to school then) 10.Okula gidecektin ( Okula git-e-çek erdin) (You would go to school after/then)(2.~I had thought you'll go to school)(3.~You had said going to go to school) 11.Okula gidecekmişsin ( Okula git-e-çek ermişsen) ( I heard that) You'd like to go to school then)(2.I learned that you'll go to school) 12.Okula giderdin ( Okula git-e-er erdin) (You used to go to school bf) (2.~you would go to school bf/then) (3.~You'd like to go to school then) 13.Okula gittiydin ( Okula git-di erdin) ( I remember you went to school) (2.~I've seen you're gone to school) 14.Okula gitmiştin ( Okula git-miş erdin) ( I know that) you had gone to school) (2.~I had seen you went to school) 15.Okula gitmiş oldun( Okula git-miş ol-du-n) (you have been to school) Bu bir Elma = This is an apple Bu bir Kitap = This is a book Dur-mak=to keep to be present there Durur=that keeps to be present there is used as....(Dır- dir- dur- dür- or Tır- tir-tur-tür) It's usually used on the correspondences and literary language... (formal) Within the official speeches its meaning =(that keeps to be present there) Bu bir Elmadır= (bu bir elma-durr)= This is an apple ..keeps to be present there Bu bir Kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-durr)= This is a book ..keeps to be present there Within the daily talk its meaning =( I think that or I guess that) (informal) Bu bir Elmadır= (bu bir elma-dur)= (Think that) this is an apple Bu bir Kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-dur)= (Guess that) this is a book 16.Okula gidiyordursun =( Guess that) You were going to school ) 17.Okula gidiyorsundur =( I think that) then you are going to school ) 18.Okula gidecektirim =(Guess that) I would go to school after-then ) 19.Okula gideceğimdir=( I think that)then I'm going to go to school ) 20.Okula gitmiştirler =(Guess that) then they had gone to school ) 21.Okula gitmişlerdir =( I think that) they have been to school ) ....(informal) 21.Okula gitmişlerdir = They have been to school (officially) ....14..."Okula gitmiştiler" or"Okula gitmişlerdi" = They had gone to school Anlayabiliyor musun= Añı-la-y-a Bil-i-Yor Ma-u-sen ? = Not-it-you Try-about-Know to-Understand =~ Are you able to understand ? Anlayabilir misin= Añı-la-y-a Bil-e-Er Ma-u-sen ? = Not-it-you Get-to-Know to-Understand = Can you understand ? Anlayabilirim= Añı-la-y-a Bil-e-Er-Men = I Get-to-Know-to-Understand = I can understand Anlayamam = Añı-la-y-a Al-Ma-Men = I Not-Take-to-Understand = I can not understand O Anlayamaz = O Añı-la-y-a Al-Ma-Bas = s/He No Pass-Take-to-Understand = s/He can not understand Añ= moment Añı= memory Añıla=get via memory (save to memory)

[@stefan-ls7yd]

At first I was thinking:“A Polymatter video that‘s not about Apple or China? Impossible.“ 2:57

[@firefish111]

"And China" Really? I think Polymatter is Chinese

[@eashansaju8106]

@@firefish111 *Hong Kong

[@BrandonByerly-Sam9501]

Its hard to not include a country that is in everything.

[@GyacoYu]

Almaty is apple. So this video is both.

[@nehcooahnait7827]

ES CM yeah right. From now on we will be dictated by this kind of localist political correctness, right?

[@PresidentialWinner]

9:19 That guy is clapping like his life dependent on it...wait

[@lookingfortruth1930]

PresidentialWinner Nah I don't think so. It's that he truly cares about his Boi, Kim

[@gustavschnitzel]

@@lookingfortruth1930 maybe he wants more than just caring for his Boi Kim

[@daoudaba1628]

Ah!Ah!You noticed.

[@ConstructiveMinds100]

Kazakhstan should be best Poland friend and ally. Very similar history and awkward location. All the best for Kazakhstan people Wish you luck in keeping your sovereignty indefinitely. 🌟🇰🇿🤞🇵🇱🌟

[@Zhalghas-YZ]

As a Kazakh 🇰🇿, I love Poland Polska 🇵🇱 too ♥.

[@toppat_royale]

I love Polska, love from Qazaqstan.

[@jojobetzler6308]

It's so funny to watch videos like this about your own country and I get where the authors are coming from Kazakhstan is truly an authoritarian regime but I would argue about other points they made. But generally it's a well done video, good job PolyMatter! The reality is that Kazakhstan is super diverse and when I say diverse I actually mean it when you travel from one city to another it's a complete different place and it almost feels like a different country due to their own rules, ethno-linguistical environment and so on. You have to understand that Kazakhstan is bigger than a whole western Europe and I haven't been to many places inside Kazakhstan but I gotta say this it is very hard to maintain this country as a whole nation without a centralized idea, hopefully this new president will build a democracy at least from what we are seeing in recent couple of years he seemingly starting to doing so media is not controlled like in previous years you can openly share your disagreement with current government and there's no longer a fear of being prosecuted for any "wrongdoings" towards the government unlike russia for example. Also about slavic people in Kazakhstan it all depends on regions as I previously mentioned Kazakhstan is super large and divers in many regions Russians are even in majority and they get to decide who will be their representative but in other places Russia with its imperial history is considered an oppressor. So you never know what to expect from people there's no centralized opinion on this from the government and it's very careful with its statements towards Russia. Although I believe Kazakhstanis even ethnically russian ones are consider themselves kazakhs and don't associate themselves with Russia whatsoever. And Northern Kazakhstan separatism threat is exaggerated as it was mentioned in the video Kazakhstan will protest anything that has a threat to their sovereignty as they protested against China deal. Kazakhs weren't treated well by both Russians and Chinese in the past ( and still in the Xinjiang region where up to 1.5 million kazakhs live not only uyghurs). And yet again, thanks for the video!

[@LMvdB02]

With the recent unrest, what do people think of the invited Russian intervention? Do you know people who went protesting or people who support the intervention?

[@jojobetzler6308]

@@LMvdB02 it's not only russian forces that were invited. People here mostly confused why would they be invited in the first place but knowing that those forces are only keeping some strategic places safe and already going back home people generally think it's fine as long as they are not planning to stay long which they won't

[@jojobetzler6308]

@@LMvdB02 and it's clearly not the hottest topic right now. People care more about new government and the promises president made to a nation

[@abylaiakhash6379]

Ты сраный русский пропагандист! Какие нахер казахстанские русские считают себя Казахами и с парашей себя не ассоцируют!? Заткнись вообще, и не смей говорить от лица моей страны и моего народа!

[@samalaimukhametova7290]

Келіспеймін

[@MrHeathjones299]

The Julian calendar isn't from its soviet days. The Soviets changed from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar when they came to power.

[@leeoswald668]

Even before

[@lesliefranklin1870]

To this day, Russians still celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar.

[@AndrejGeorgievski]

@@lesliefranklin1870 most, if not all Orthodox Christians (Russians included) celebrate Christmas according to the old (Julian) calendar to this day. :)

[@codingwithzak09]

9:17 Those claps look so genuine

[@w4lr6s]

Not genuine enough? Send to gulag

[@Freimopp777]

Don't ever be the first to stop applauding

[@Muslim_israeli]

Not many know, but in Hebrew there are 2 types of letters: type 1 for writing, and type 1 for typing and printing. We learn the letters of the font in kindergarten, and the letters of the script in the 1st or 2nd grade. It's so simple, but it's great to have a type of letters that can be written with the greatest ease. I wish Kazakhstan to succeed in learning the new Alpha Beit 🇮🇱❤️🇰🇿

[@soviet1025]

We love Jews but not Israel

[@zippersocks]

I had learned the Hebrew alphabet on my own. But when I decided to learn Hebrew, I was surprised to learn a second one.

[@kitty_the_great]

Do kazak plan to keep Cyrillic around and Russian language ? Reading their lows I see they are not. Then they limit their people to their country borders only. They do a lot of trade with Russia and trying to go away from Russia will not serve them well.

[@abhattab]

Wishing all the best for our Kazakh,Kyrgyz ,Tajek and Turkmen brothers . Bright minds came from that areas guided in advancing the world and added to our Islamic heritage. A distant Syrian brother. And btw great video( content and editing)👍thank you.

[@darkhan5493]

Assalayamu'aleikum

[@user-te1fn8cj5r]

7:38 Who's dumb idea was it to have Y with an accent and Y with an apostrophe but not include just Y.

[@bauerjan7887]

Now there's a mistake in that video

[@bandobandit353]

Maybe all the letters that have an apostrophe have a common sound which group them together (such a fricative or a plosive) and there isn't a non adjusted version of that sound for Y in their language...

[@user-te1fn8cj5r]

@@bandobandit353 Oh, that would make sense.

[@rookiechannel6644]

There is 3 version of Y. Must be mistake in video. (I am from Kazakhstan)

[@profilepicture828]

Абдуллоعبدالله or maybe the j makes a y sound, like in phonology

[@doeyyyyu]

1:48 actually the second cyrillic character is typed incorrectly, it should be н (N) instead of л (L)

[@Drakeblood97]

You beat me to it

[@pamirhimalaj1300]

And ж should be ž (in Europe, but it could be different there)

[@wbrim]

Maybe he better consult with translator before making video about foreign language?

[@twojstary1839]

@@pamirhimalaj1300 that letter is spelled j in Kazakh, e.g. jaqinda

[@googavo1d]

@@pamirhimalaj1300 nah it can stay as j

[@Doggieman1111]

The most brilliant statement of this piece: "The true fragility of an authoritarian government is never quite known" (until its downfall).

[@bernardotorres4659]

I learned a lot by watching this video . I have been sort of curious about Kazakhstan for a long time and this video really satisfied a lot of my curiosity.

[@friedkeenan]

6:22 is that the dad from the powerpuff girls?

[@SorcererShangTsung]

He does kinda look like Professor Utonium lol

[@obseed3041]

@@SorcererShangTsung Professor Utonium* Professor X is a bald, telepathic cripple.

[@sayanmallick2644]

The real genocide was the friends we made along the way.

[@malachipash3824]

South park? Tell me

[@futureshock382]

"The real genocide was the friends we lost along the way" would make more sense

[@sayanmallick2644]

@Armageddon Sinew F

[@Connor-zy8pr]

Zionists...

[@danksenzuweed2]

@Hoàng Nguyên wasn't Pol pot in Cambodia and wasn't the Vietnam War unrelated to that?

[@hoangkybactien7207]

The Vietnamese did it 150 years ago, in the 2nd half of 19th century. They adopted Latin alphabets to write and casted away Chinese writing systems which is very difficult to write and to memorize. This conversion significantly helped boost the literacy rate in the country. We don't even use "j, z, w".

[@hydrogen_neon]

And F?

[@hoangkybactien7207]

@@hydrogen_neon Correct.

[@yahyachaker7857]

hit the nail on the head

[@rbkfan200]

Nobody has cared this much about Kazakhstan since the Borat movie came out.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Very nice! How much?

[@aliyasadibekova3798]

wow that’s actually kinda offending for me as a Kazakh

[@standalone5285]

@@aliyasadibekova3798 по чапалаку бы им )

[@leemsky]

Jagshemash

[@siratshi455]

I am Kazakh and come on, that movie was ridiculous. Also it made before the fully unknown "stan" country famous and rised the tourism. Moreover during that time most of Kazakhstan really looked like that poor village. Glad, it has changed in 14 years

[@Gia1911Logous]

Everyone: He named his capital after himself, how selfish Peter the Great: _sweats in Russian_

[@kassymovtrtmmmmmm]

George Washington: * ups *

[@Gia1911Logous]

@@kassymovtrtmmmmmm well... ye But actually nur-sultan and washigton didn't name it themselves

[@kassymovtrtmmmmmm]

@@Gia1911Logous u underestimate the role of Nursultan Nazarbayev in making decisions in Kz) Believe me, it was direct instruction from Nazarbayev😂😂, but technically u r right)

[@Gia1911Logous]

@@kassymovtrtmmmmmm i mean sure

[@michaelmartin9022]

@@Gia1911Logous How about Ho-Chi Minh city? Though from what I understand the locals still call it Saigon if the police aren't listening, and people in north Vietnam still see the south as a "seperate", wealthier country and thus if people's accents betray them as being from there, it's okay to rip them off.

[@elhamhemat572]

Kazakhstan is a beautiful country and will remain so. love from Afghanistan

[@Eli-tj3ve]

Yes, it will look even better once it's under Russian administration again 😁

[@elhamhemat572]

@@Eli-tj3ve I don't believe so.

[@rahhchan5734]

@@Eli-tj3ve f*ck off

[@Eli-tj3ve]

@@rahhchan5734 I will right after I see the next wave of Russian settlers move in lol

[@rahhchan5734]

@@Eli-tj3ve You won't see it as long as the Kazakhs are alive.

[@FawziaTung]

Today Kazakhstan has suddenly become known around the world as the homeland of Dimash Kudaibergen (Qudaibergen). Millions learn about Qazaq language and culture because of him. Thousands, including myself, traveled to Nur-Sultan in June 2019 for his Arnau concert. At his New York concert in December 2019, the entire audience at the sold out Barclays Center, sang Daididau in Qazaq, causing Dimash to tear up.

[@TarlanT]

I was in Barclays in 2019 as well 😁

[@TheSpektr31]

Kazakh is very hard to learn but I encourage u in this. And do u wanna know a fun fact about Dimash? Before that outstanding performance in Chinese compition no one in Kazakhstan treated him well. Literally everywhere and every producer said him that he is not that good as a singer. I just wanna know what happened with jaws of that producers. How shook they were.

[@Eshwald]

This animation is just getting better and better.

[@ThomasNing]

Hari Srinivasan 0:55 humans make mistakes though ;) (cable car)

[@gd__vk6991]

Interestingly enough, Russia has its own "autonomous" turkic republic that wanted to change Cyrillic to Latin - Tatarstan. Didn't work out though :/

[@PHlophe]

Viki, overtime it'll work Poutine knwos how to handle them

[@gd__vk6991]

@@PHlophe haha, well then 👌

[@NickyKun]

В чем соль перехода на латиницу? Кроме карго-культа и распила бабла на переход никаких

[@gd__vk6991]

@@NickyKun это все идеологически мотивировано. Так что да, распил и есть

[@NickyKun]

@@gd__vk6991 Идеологически это культ-карго уровня папуасов, строящих самолёт из веток. И вообще то, что нельзя "пощупать" такая субъективщина для манипуляций, что всерьёз воспринимать невозможно.

[@ruedigernassauer]

German here: What I like about the Cyrillic alphabet is that for it actually new letters were made up for sounds not present in the Russian language. Albeit that these new letters were sometimes variations of existing letters. But Cyrillics devoids diacritica. It also has no consonant clusters such as "sh", "ng", "ck" or whatever. The only clusters beknown to me are doubled vowels in Mongolian standing for lengthened vowels. If it was up to me there would be a new universal alphabet created comprising more than one hundred letters for all the phonemes used including click sounds or nasalizations.

[@SiarheiSiamashka]

There are *е/ё* and *и/й* letters in the Russian alphabet. How is it different from the *a/ä* and *u/ü* letters in the German alphabet? Also the Russian language has the soft sign, and this means that the two-letter clusters like "ль", "нь", "сь" denote a single sound.

[@ruedigernassauer]

@@SiarheiSiamashka е/ё and и/й are completely different letters. For a full answer best ask Google or look up corresponding Wikipedia entries. In the German language vowels can change in derviation, mostly from a to ä, from o to ö. from u to ü and from au to äu, but also from e to i. The trema sound is called "umlaut", "sound around".

[@SiarheiSiamashka]

@@ruedigernassauer What? Completely different letters? Have you read the Wikipedia articles yourself? "Yo, Jo or Io (Ё ё; italics: Ё ё; Russian pronunciation: [jɵ]) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. In Unicode, the letter ⟨Ё⟩ is named CYRILLIC CAPITAL/SMALL LETTER IO." "It was derived from the Cyrillic letter Ye (Е е)." "Russian ... ⟨Ё⟩ represents the phoneme /o/ after /j/ or a soft consonant (or occasionally after ⟨ж⟩, ⟨ш⟩), and it should always be stressed. It alternates with ⟨е⟩, written in non-stressed positions." "Active use of ⟨Й⟩ (or, rather, the breve over ⟨И⟩) began around the 15th and 16th centuries. Since the middle of the 17th century, the differentiation between ⟨И⟩ and ⟨Й⟩ is obligatory in the Russian variant of Church Slavonic orthography (used for the Russian language as well). During the alphabet reforms of Peter I, all *diacritic* marks were removed from the Russian writing system, but shortly after his death, in 1735, the distinction between ⟨И⟩ and ⟨Й⟩ was restored.[2] ⟨Й⟩ was not officially considered a separate letter of the alphabet until the 1930s."

[@MarinoMoons]

10:55 That blue tower in the middle is in the game Cities Skylines, and there it is called the transport tower.

[@saulgoodmanKAZAKH]

Funnily enough, that tower is associated with the railway company, I believe.

[@Ali-vh9bz]

They probably didn't use Dashlane

[@Daniyar_]

True. I use LastPass.

[@TanibImtiaz]

No, they need skillshare

[@NickieSh]

Vito Scaletta big brother Nursultan saves all my passwords on his server, so I don’t need Dashlane.

[@scolek22]

Back in the early aughts, my cousin was adopted from Kazakhstan. My grandparents, who went to support my aunt and uncle, brought me back a book as a souvenir, probably purchased at that very airport, and it was a simple folklore story that I don't remember anything about. What I do remember about that book, is that it was written in 3 languages. In English, in Russian, and finally in Kazakh. I feel like this was just foreshadowing.

[@youtube_user]

Very educational. Thank you for your effort!

[@nur-alijanqojayev329]

Why we shouldn't? There is 42 letters in cyryllic and 33 in Latin Kazakh. We dont use those specific russian letters. And cirillic is very primitive and dumb alphabet wich is probobly works fine somehow only with slavian languages. I like that S and Sh in latin shows that those letters are relative(even in arabic ش-س) in cirillic its с-s and ш- sh in Kazakh latin its S, Ş. The letter Q in cirillic showed as the Қ(the K is К). While in Latin its compleatly different letters K amd Q wich is shows that Q is not variacy of K , by sound its even closer to X(hard h) but not K. The letter J in Kazakh spelled same as in English. But in cirillic its Ж. Also as the russian ж(wich is the zh sound) so because of russian influence a lot of people think its same as russian ж. Kazakh language uses w but there is no such a letter in cirillic. Latin is way more developed alphabet and gives way more choices. And a lot of little moments. Even from a Linguistuc side there are millions of pluces Latin gives to Kazakh language. P.s. our relative countries such as Turkey, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan also use Latin.

[@tuboshu8178]

It's not "primitive" or "inferior", different scripts are better suited to different languages. And Cyrillic does have a letter for W: Ў ў. And in one breath, you gave Cyrillic shit for having unique symbols for "s" and "sh" because it doesn't show the relation or something and in the next you're rambling against Cyrillic for not having a unique grapheme for the Q-sound? So which one is it? You're just spewing garbage misinformation.

[@nur-alijanqojayev329]

@@tuboshu8178 no it is. There is millon of pluses latin has than cyrillic

[@nur-alijanqojayev329]

@@tuboshu8178 i dont know how u must hate ur language to keep use cyrillic

[@jazirafaydarisqizikz9384]

Ur right E in Kazakh is E sound not fkn russian YE. J is J sound not russian zh

[@micoberss5579]

2:21 Julian calendar is not leftover from Soviets. Julian calendar is still used by Russian orthodox church. But soviets never used Julian calendar

[@anclss2384]

I think they were the ones that replace it

[@ArKalafLover]

Oh you released video about Kazakhstan just before independence day. Thank you for this video and providing honest overview. I am kazakh and personaly don't like this initiative to change alphabet, government could spend this money for more important things like removing corruption on lower levels and rising GDP , also many young and clever people leave country for best quality of life and salaries, that is sad

[@amyx231]

Feed the children and educate them right. Education in, for example, science, is definitely more useful than learning a new alphabet.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

It will only work if it is done with other changes. If Kazakhstan only wants to distance itself from Russia, then this might work. But if it looks to Turkey and says "they changed their alphabet, look at how successful they are now! We're going to do the same!" - it's not going to work. Turkey became successful because they modernized, not just because they changed their alphabet.

[@kazakhdoge1822]

The alphabet change doesn't mean that other issues are neglected.

[@kostam.1113]

Astana was a way better name As for changing of the alphabet it's completely unnecessary and probably a political move. Kazakhstan could have easily used Serbian model for example where both Latin and Cyrillic alphabets are equal.

[@bauerjan7887]

Language of the whole nation is more important than quality of life

[@coopervittetoe8713]

This video is really special for me, both because of how interesting the video is and for a more personal reason. This video came out on the last day I spent overseas in the UK. I remember watching it on the bus ride back to my accommodations before leaving. I'll always associate this video with the amazing time I had in the UK!

[@millk9917]

Also, before joining Russian Empire Kazakh language was written in Latin alphabet, after joining it changed to Cyrillic. Many people have forgotten or don't even know that. You could still find very old kazakh books written in Latin.

[@Raptor35602]

Wrong. We didn't use Latin alphabet of Kazakh before joining Russian empire. We used Arabic writing system. When we were a part of Soviet Union we changed from Arabic to Latin script in 1929, but not for a long time. And in 1940 we started to use Cyrillic writing system.

[@ownpetard8379]

@@Raptor35602 "...we changed from Arabic to Latin script in 1929...." That sounds like @Mill K is correct. A book from 1929 might be called very old by someone. Actually I think @Mill K overstated his point, but his main point was correct.

[@jerry3790]

I’d like to go to Kazakhstan one day to see the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

[@Fungamerplays]

@Jhon Krasnovskiy 9:37

[@Lexanubina]

What chromosome

[@nworesistance9834]

@Alex Mercer well russia built the new plesetsk cosmodrome in their own country so they can still lauch rockets.

[@alaybozan2634]

From linguistic perspective, Turkic history is pretty wild. For another example, Turkish people went from Turkic alphabet (Gokturk & Uyghur) to Farsi, Arabic, and finally Latin. We can also add Cyrillic if we include the decades of Russian rule in Northeastern Anatolia (Karskaya Oblast) after 1876-1877 Russo Turkish War. Khazars also used Hebrew alphabet.

[@wayner396]

I've always been interested in this country. A really neat east meets west place. I need to visit someday

[@aitolken]

Lemme know when you’ll come 😉😅

[@markus717]

Use of the Latin alphabet will greatly increase interaction with the non-Slavic world.. North and South America, Europe, Africa, etc. A common alphabet greatly simplifies learning English, French, German, Spanish, etc. This will boost the Kazakh economy over time.

[@samalaimukhametova7290]

Я и не мучалась алфавитом, это же не иероглифы. Я не знаю английский из-за лени, но современный(латиница) алфавит европейцев не так уж и сложен у европейцев. Разве что от европейцев такое читала в комментариях, что кириллица для них сложно

[@Raptor35602]

@@samalaimukhametova7290, латиница вообще изня. Самое главное просто знать как звучат и все. А по поводу европейцев, что считают кириллицу сложной, тут я конечно не знаю. Есть те, кто считают этот тип письма весьма легким. А вот иероглифы это жопа. Причем очень сложная. 🤣🤣🤣

[@samalaimukhametova7290]

@@Raptor35602 ,что такое изня?Если говорить про звучание букв ,то мне известно кроме английского r и th,просто потому что смотрела в KZbin, и в школе изучали стандартно английский язык(хотя из-за лени хорошо не учила язык,так что нулевой уровень). Сами европейцы в комментариях писали насчёт кириллицы так подшучивая что это смесь чего-то(это то что я помню). Иероглифы запомнить труднее всего(часто путаешь одно с другим), пыталась японский, забросила,хотя моя лень сделала своё дело и мотивация ноль. Чтобы там не было без мотивации и хорошей памяти никак.

[@Raptor35602]

@@samalaimukhametova7290, изня - это изи, то есть легко (не знаю, рофлите ли этим вопросом или просто так не знаете что за слово, но отвечу). Ну это ваша проблема, раз не можете запоминать. Но это не значит, что для всех людей он в той или иной степени сложен. Каждому он приходит по-своему. Например, я учил английский благодаря компьютерным играм. Сейчас я преподаю язык. Мой друг, который вообще из США кириллицу быстро выучил (хотя ему чуть чуть помогла его жена; она из Казахстана). Еще один друг, который вообще не европеец, а араб из Туниса русский почти знает, как свой родной арабский (а учил он его полтора года).

[@samalaimukhametova7290]

@@Raptor35602 откуда я должна знать слово изня?Я не слежу за новыми молодёжными сленгами.Не припоминаю, чтобы я кого-то обвинила в своём не запоминании, к тому же я не писала про всех, если вы не заметили, когда говорила про иероглифы.И да про мотивации и хорошую память я оказалась права, вы сами подтвердили примерами про других людей

[@misarabage1359]

Being kazakh I am amazed on the accuracy and lack of bs in this video, just simple and accurate explanation without any propaganda or stereotypes. Thank you! P. S. It's True, that while Poland and Ukraine have had many disputes with Russia when getting back their national identity, we chose the different path - a slower and softer way to regain our identity yet keeping balance within the country and on geopolitical arena, also as a nation we are not really aggressive and hot blooded Many westerners shame our government being totalitarian but I think for the dangerous geographical situation like ours it's the only way to get through some problems until we get strong enough to make more drastic changes in the future

[@BBarNavi]

(plus you have oil)

[@jubanumidia8460]

@Zimmit's FunHouse Adventure since when Russia is a threat ?

[@ls200076]

@@BBarNavi Oil? 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@kazakh-interista]

@@jubanumidia8460 they slaughtered almost 60% of populations in Kazakhstan and Ukraine by setting up an artificial starvation plus they tested nukes in Kazakhstan territory zillion times - how is that not a threat?

[@fuentesramen]

You are totalitarian))) don’t try to justify that shit. I know what I’m talking about, I’m from Belarus)))

[@whatitbescottyb3699]

I'm impressed at the lack of Borat references. Very nice.

[@ElectronerpProductions]

I was about to say!

[@Dayvit78]

Niiiiice.

[@liketolooker]

Dayvit78 bahahahahah

[@JavierCR25]

I know right! I mean, it is the greatest country in the world and it’s prostitutes are the cleanest in the region.

[@Dana-qc6fd]

JavierCR25 it seriously is not funny, it’s time to stop. you know Borat is a disgusting lie, so stop talking about it

[@larryleker6366]

Nothing says 'we want to be RUSSIAN!' like: Can we just use the same alphabet as the rest of the modern world? By the way, Russia's historic sales pitch 'Marry us or we'll KILL YOU! has worked about as well in Khazakstan as it did in Finland. And Poland. And Hungary. And currently Ukraine.

[@NurElv]

As a Qazaq person who lived most of my life out of Qazaqstan I want to acknowledge that video as it explanes a lot why the country is so protective of it's sovernity as well as trying to apease their giant formidable neighbours with not subtle any more, but very explicit threats to take over the territory. In fact Russia intentionally diluted ethnic Qazaqs with Russians as well as rediculing and making Qazaq language obsolete. I am glad that my home country is undoing the damage of Russian Empire to Qazaqastan did so far to the language and to the culture.

[@audyssea]

When you say diluted ethnic kazakhs with russians, you mean allow mixed marriages ?

[@simonsays582]

I love they flag, it's so pretty! 🇰🇿

[@user-ub3hd4sy4e]

agreed, though the blue color is a strange choice for a muslim state

[@s.a.8548]

@@user-ub3hd4sy4e Huh? As far as I'm aware no color is specific to that religion?

[@uiopuiop3472]

flag

[@NogaRuka2987]

@@user-ub3hd4sy4e давно казахстан стал мусульманской страной?

[@user-ub3hd4sy4e]

@@s.a.8548 Actually there are 3 colors specific for that religion: green, black and white. Look at the flags of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Yemen, Zambia, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Algeria, etc.

[@ExploreLucidDreaming1]

what if you forget your dashlane password :0

[@wilsonchen4533]

love ur vids man (and poly's ofc). keep it up

[@bugrakadirhan7888]

@Jhon Krasnovskiy Dashlaneception (or, PasswordManagerCeption whatever you wish to call it)

[@billybob-ik5yv]

how about writing down on a piece of paper? or u know note app in ur phone its a pretty stupid service in my opinion i just write my passwords down on a notebook that i have

[@rongarcia2128]

That actually happened to me :( But I knew my separate passwords. So it wasn't much of a problem. Moral of the story is never centralize your passwords.

[@gavsisso]

That was a great video. Far better than the title suggests 👍

[@Walter-lf6in]

I like your way of presentation. Thank you.

[@wonderfulemir6202]

Hey hey, Kazakh person here. Really liked your vid, and is true... A Lot of random events and a lot of high level players have been around KZ for a lot of its lifetime, yet despite its progress has been quit rapid, since it left ussr. Actually you are like one person, who made me quite proud about my country haha

[@chrisdooley6468]

Wonderful emir wonderful people there. I just posted my experiences above over two trips. I absolutely loved it. Warm friendly people and delicious food and beautiful women!! My only mistake was going once in January and I almost froze to death lol. I was there for work so no real choice but I hope to go back soon

[@randomdude1053]

My best friend is khazak. One of the best people I’ve ever interacted and related with in my life

[@wonderfulemir6202]

@@randomdude1053 nice to hear my dude, usually people tell me that Kazakhs (Btw correcting your spelling) in other countries are very nice to interact with

[@user-ry7uf7uq1p]

compare speeds of developing of Poland and Kz, they both got their independence at almost the same time.

[@wonderfulemir6202]

@@user-ry7uf7uq1p do you mean, that Poland sky rocketed to not being third world country and we didn't? Well, Kazakhs are either lazy/rich, or very much from village/poor? I guess... While Poland is also in EU.... Soooo

[@mitchaga7010]

Oh no, the last time I searched about Kazakhstan was a year ago and when I searched it, I was shocked that Astana was no longer the name of the capital. Hope they’ll bring it back to Astana, lovelots from the Philippines

[@nursmalik6024]

Probably not. People are too lazy to protest and a prez is a literal dictator

[@PyroFloe]

It can still be called Astana since it literally means "Capital" in their country

[@yami_curr]

we hope too) Maybe after our dictator's death

[@alineuni04]

@@nursmalik6024 lmao, your name. People are not lazy. Protestors are sent to prison. Мұны меннен де жақсы білесің ғой.

[@nursmalik6024]

@@alineuni04 I got trolled when they chose my name

[@ahmedmoh6]

Қазақ бауырларға бейбітшілік, қырғыз-қазақ қатынастары жасасын 🇰🇬❤️💙🇰🇿

[@user-sn6ey4vk8q]

Кыргызча эле жазчы дос, тилдер окшош , алар түшүнөт.

[@alineuni04]

@@user-sn6ey4vk8q иә, мен сізді түсіндім.

[@SARKA.]

@@user-sn6ey4vk8q Қазақша жазша не болады?

[@hayarammi2711]

@@SARKA. солғо, қазақ тілі түркі әлеміндегі сөзге ең бай тіл, тіпті Түркия тілін асып түсті. Яғни Түркия тілінде 101 мың сөз болса, қазақ тілінде 161 мың сөз бар. Бірақ ең қызығы, түркиялықтар таза өз тілінде сөйлесе, қазақтар орысша сөйлейді, немесе қазақ тілін орысшамен араластырады. Менімше таза қазақша құлаққа өтте жағымды естіледі, тіпті шетелдіктер айтып жатады, қазақ тілі, орыс тілінен қарағанда әдемірек естіледі деп. Осыны түсінбеймін, неге қазақтар өз ана тілін менсіңбейді?!

[@user-ce9xy4tt8k]

Қазақ тілін қайдан білесіз?😁

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

In 4:44, it is said that migration within Soviet Union wasn't political. It definitelly was. It was a wide used politics of moving native people out of occupied countries and controlled territories and moving ethnic Russians in. It had a simple goal to lock these territories as part of Russian empire and preventing success of separatist movements. We can see the result most clearly in the case of Crimea, but significant Russian minorities imported by Stalin are complicating life of many postsoviet countries and preventing independence of parts of Russian federation. Russia is the only colonial empire that never gave up its colonies (this is why it is the biggest country in the world) and this illigal but clever politics of displacemet minorities has ensured continuation of power over this controled non-native Russian territories.

[@vadimsky]

Kaзakhstaл - means Kazakhstal. Wrong letter. You need "н" in the end, not "л".

[@legass420]

Yeah... that triggered me quite a bit. They could of gone into the effort to find the correct letter, even if they resemble a letter of the latin alphabet.

[@archangel4670]

Does it matter?

[@vadimsky]

​@@archangel4670 Gabriel, nothing really matters.

[@byrlink]

Hunter Railcar You know what triggers me? People writing “they could of gone”. It is “they could HAVE gone”!!!!!!

[@vadimsky]

You are easily triggered for a man who shoots his videos of vertically, Mr. Young.

[@tedb4459]

I’ve been to Atyrau and worked in Tenghiz in winter, not a tree in sight. That first winter scene in the video was all that I saw over there. The Rotational Village was some sort of Soviet era architecture designed to crush the soul, the area leading from the road into where everyone stayed looked like a war zone. There’s basically nothing in Tenghiz to do but work and drink, which I did and probably spent more time in the bar than I should have. The Turks stayed on one side and drank tea while on the other expats drank the krushka beer. On Fridays we got kebab and lahmacun, pizza and French fries, the rest of the week wasn’t that good. There were times when I had to fly out to Amsterdam and got to try Kazakh food along the way back to Atyrau, but I couldn’t tell you the names, but it wasn’t chow hall garbage, it was heavenly. I liked the Kazakhs well enough, but they have a cumbersome bureaucracy and they had to have everything triple stamped to receive materials for the project, checking the checker who checked the other checker. You just deal with it and do the best you can in that system.

[@amanshilanov6237]

Quite true what you said about bureaucracy. However, you have seen the oil field in the middle of nowhere, kind makes sense it would be abandoned (plus soviets never cared about worker comfort) 😅 Please if you ever come do come to Almaty in the summer preferably. You will be shocked by how different and green it is. It's like going to an oil Field in the Texas desert and thinking the whole USA is a desert too :) But anyway greetings from Kz:)

[@oeokosko]

Very interesting and informative. Thank you.

[@bmind12]

Btw, Astana means "capital city" in Kazakh

[@yavuzsezer5785]

also in Ottoman Turkish. because it actually comes from Persian.

[@tasbykekerey1203]

Yavuz Sezer no way

[@beyneqor350]

@@yavuzsezer5785 nope

[@memooo4587]

@@beyneqor350 check from Wiktionary, it's really a persian word.

[@quileute88]

Also in Malayalam from South India.

[@nusproizvodjach]

"Julian calendar of its Soviet days" WHAT???

[@Alex-fv2qs]

The Soviet Union used the Julian calendar, for less than a year and for most of that time only as a formality and as an addition to the Gregorian calendar

[@johnuferbach9166]

thats why the october revolution was actually in november, if i remember correctly^^

[@alinurgali2968]

Yep, we call it "old new year"

[@antorseax9492]

@@johnuferbach9166 That was from Tsarist Russia

[@Nomad-mf9pn]

Very nice video! Thanks!

[@lotofAlexa1221]

I know I'm really late to this, but holy hell was this video amazing, that revolution guess was absolutely nuts, it happened just 2 years after the video was published

[@bobbucks]

Worked in Kaz for four years, loved the people, loved the food. I hope they flourish.

[@abuibu]

I came in to the video wanting to know why they changed alphabets, and I came out of it with detailed historical analysis of the relationship between Kazakhs and ethnic slavs, especially in the north of the country. The switch in the capital now makes a lot of sense. Thank you for this! I need to watch more PolyMatter!

[@jt-xk4vj]

long live and stay safe Kazakhstan! love from your neighbor East Turkistan!

[@Treys_Waterboy]

Worked in Kazakhstan and all company communication was mandatory translated into Russian, Kazakhstan, and English.