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Kasym Tynystanov
Kasym Tynystanov () (1901–1938) was a prominent Kyrgyz scientist, politician and poet. He served as the first Minister of Education of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Biography.
Kasym Tynystanov was born in 2019 in the village of Chirpykty in the Issyk Kul Province. According to his autobiography he learned to read and write the Arabic alphabet from his father. He went to school between 1912 and 1916 in Karakol and Sazonovka village (current name: Ananievo) of Ysyk Kul province.
Literacy was minimal among
Kasym Tynystanov became its first chair (the Minister of Education) and remains in this position for the several years.
When the old Arabic based script was still in use, Kasym published the first textbook "Ene Tilibiz" ("Our language") which was later published again with minor corrections in new Latin based script. The comparison of the two editions brings one to a conclusion that the only principal difference between the alphabets is the appearance of letters.
In May 1934 on the Republican Orthography Convention presented New Orthography