Existing Kurdish alphabets
Júrey Pítekaní Alfabéy (Elfubéy ئهلفوبێ) Kurdí
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Yekgirtú (Unified Kurdish) |
North Kurdish (Latin Kurmanjî) |
North Kurdish (Cyrillic Kurmanjí) |
Central Kurdish (Soraní - modified Arabic) |
| A a | A a | A a | ئا ـا ا |
| B b | B b | Б б | ب ـبـ ـب بـ |
| C c | Ç ç | Ч ч | چ ـچ ـچـ چـ |
| D d | D d | Д д | د ــد |
| E e | E e | Ә ә | ە ـه ئە |
| É é | Ê ê | E e (Э э) | ێ ـێ ـێـ ێـ ئێـ |
| F f | F f | Ф ф | ف ـف ـفـ فـ |
| G g | G g | Г г | گ ـگ ـگـ گــ |
| H h | H h | h h | هـ ـهـ |
| I i | I i | Ь ь | نا نوسرى |
| Í í | Î î | И и | ى ئى ـيـ يـ |
| J j | C c | Щ щ | ج ـج ـجـ جـ |
| Jh jh | J j | Ж ж | ژ ـژ |
| K k | K k | К к | ک ـک ـکـ کــ |
| L l | L l | Л л | ل ـل ـلـ لــ |
| ll | Nîne | Л’ л’ | ڵ ـڵ ـڵـ ڵــ |
| M m | M m | M м | م ـم ـمـ مــ |
| N n | N n | Н н | ن ـن ـنـ نــ |
| O o | O o | O o | ۆ ـۆ ئۆ |
| P p | P p | П п | پ ـپ ـپـ پــ |
| Q q | Q q | Q q | ق ـق ـقـ قــ |
| R r | R r | Р р | ر ـر |
| rr | Nîne | Р’ р’ | ڕ ـڕ |
| S s | S s | C c | س ـس ـسـ ســ |
| Sh Sh | Ş ş | Ш ш | ش ـش ـشـ شــ |
| T t | T t | T т | ت ـت ـتـ تــ |
| U u | U u | Ö ö | و ـو ئو |
| Ú ú | Û û | У у | وو ـوو |
| Ù ù | Nîne | Нинэ | نییهتی |
| V v | V v | B в | ڤ ـڤ ـڤـ ڤـ |
| W w | W w | W w | و ـو |
| X x | X x | X x | خ ـخ ـخـ خـ |
| Y y | Y y | Й й | ى ئى ـيـ يـ |
| Z z | Z z | З з | ز ـز |
| (H' h')* | H h | h’ h’ | ح ـح ـحـ حـ |
| (E' e')* | E e | Ә’ ә’ | ع ـع ـعـ عـ |
| (X' x')* | X x | Ѓ ѓ | غ ـغ ـغـ غـ |
| (Kh kh)* | K k | Ќ ќ ** | نییهتی |
| (Ph ph)* | P p | П’ п’ ** | نییهتی |
| (Th th)* | T t | Т’ т’ ** | نییهتی |
visit conversion tools section for conversion between these alphabets
* rear cases for local dialect adjustment only
** Kurdish-Cyrillic aspirated cases (Please see FAQ section)
- See a comparison of Kurdish, Persian, Arabic and Turkish Alphabet
- The Unified version (Yekgirtú) proposed by KAL has been chosen carefully among ISO-8859-1 international standard codes with Unicode Scripting layout for Basic Latin and Latin One.
- The Script alphabet for Northern Kurdish dialect (Kurmanjí) follows the International recognized standard for Turkish language ISO-8859-9, with Unicode Scripting layout for Basic Latin and Unicode Basic Extended Group A.
- The Script alphabet for Northern Kurdish dialect (Red Kurmanjí) follows the International recognized standard for Cyrillic Scripting group ISO-8859-5, with Unicode Scripting layout for Basic Latin Cyrillic.
- The Script alphabet for Central Kurdish dialect (Soraní) follows partly the International recognized standard for Arabic language ISO-8859-6 and some none standard extensions, with Unicode Scripting layout for Arabic Scripting.
Prepared by Dr Dilan M.R. Roshani
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