Editing Chuvash language (section)

===1873–1938===
{{Expand language|langcode=cv|section=yes|otherarticle=Т́ъваш ад́изен̀е с̀ыръва в̀ьр̀ен̀м̀ел̀л̀и к̀н̀ег̀е}}[[File:Chuvalf3.gif|left|thumb|The initial alphabet of Ivan Yakovlev, with 47 letters.]]
[[File:Chuvash alphabet 1873-1938.JPG|thumb|Yakovlev's revised alphabet]]
The modern Chuvash alphabet was devised in 1873 by school inspector [[Ivan Yakovlev (educator)|Ivan Yakovlevich Yakovlev]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Telegram to the Chairman of the Simbirsk Soviet |url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/apr/20.htm |access-date=30 August 2010}}</ref>
[[File:Chuvash 1873 alphabet in cursive in Букварь для чуваш, 1917, p. 21.jpg|thumb|Cursive]]
{| class="CTchar"
| а || е || ы || и/і || у || [[ӳ]] || [[ӑ]] || [[ӗ]] || й || в || к || л || [[El with middle hook|ԡ]] || м || н || [[En with middle hook|ԣ]] || п || р || [[р́]] || с || ҫ || т ||  [[т̌]] ||[[Te with middle hook|ꚋ]]|| х || ш
|}

In 1938, the alphabet underwent significant modification which brought it to its current form.