Gagauz alphabet

During its existence, it functioned on different graphic bases and was repeatedly reformed. Previously, during Soviet rule, Gagauz's official script was Cyrillic, close to the Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet.

There are 3 stages in the history of Gagauz writing:

• before 1957 - early attempts to create writing;
• 1957-1993 - writing based on the Cyrillic alphabet;
• since 1993 - modern writing based on the Latin alphabet.

The modern Gagauz alphabet is a 31-letter Latin-based alphabet modelled on the Turkish alphabet. The current 31-letter Gagauz alphabet, used for the Gagauz language, is a Latin-based alphabet modelled after the Turkish and Azerbaijani.