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Government Officially Begins Transition to Tokundian Alphabet for Alakasipti
5607.6.23. - The Alakasipti Language, one of the KGB's 3 official languages, is officially beginning its transition from the Selucian alphabet to the Tokundian alphabet. The government has announced that all official resources in Alakasipti will be published in both Selucian and Tokundian for the next 4 years before a complete switch to solely Tokundian script afterwards. 

Modern Standard Alakasipti was revived as a language more than a century ago and is proficiently spoken by approximately a tenth of the Baegukese population. Whilst it was initially transcribed solely in Selucian script, Selucian script has been seen as harder to transcribe the language's sounds to than the Tokundian script. As a result, there has been a growing and increasingly strong movement in academia and ethnic Alakasipti social networks to make the switch from the Selucian to Tokundian alphabet.

Upon the unanimous decision of the executive board of the National Institute for the Alakasipti language last year to transition to Tokundian, legislation passed months ago in both houses of the Senate to begin the formal change. The process was facilitated by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council (多樣衡平包容省/Diversidam, Equidam, y Peternecedam de Moim/Гӯлдымэ̄ткӣт Хуӈтумэ̄лчэ-Урэ̄чин-Умӯнтэгинин), an independent cabinet-level body represented in the Jibsaseong. The script shift will take place for all government agencies, most notably the public education system under the Ministry of Education, and is expected to be copied all throughout the private sector.