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unusual facts about Central Asian languages



Borislav Arapović

Arapović founded the Institute for Bible Translation in Stockholm in 1973 to publish Bibles for "non-Slavic peoples in Slavic countries," and provide not just Bible translations into the languages of Russia but also Central Asian languages.

Sutra of the Wise and the Fool

The Sutra of the Wise and the Fool is a collection of tales translated from Central Asian languages into Chinese in the 4th century and then translated by Chos-Grub (法成) into Tibetan in the 9th century.


see also

Ghain

Ghayn, the corresponding letter in the Cyrillic orthographies for several Central Asian languages

TRT Avaz

The channel's name was announced by President Abdullah Gül as "AVAZ", a word that means "voice" in many Central Asian languages.