ORTHOEPIC ASPECTS OF THE YAKUT ALPHABET: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
The article presents a brief survey of Yakut alphabet creation associated with such figures as O. N. Bohtlingk, D. Khitrov, S. A. Novgorodov, etc. The paper analyzes the attempt to introduce the unified Latin-based Turkic alphabet in the 20s of the XX century. The recent alphabet adopted in 1939 is of special cultural and historical importance, at the same time it has certain shortcomings which influence the further development of the Yakut language, its place in the modern information field and require attention. Special attention is paid to orthoepy, its typical and specific features which should be preserved considering the whole acoustic image of national language.