Kurdish Phonetic Alphabets

 Kurdish Phonetic Alphabets based on International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Yekgirtú
(Lat-ku)
North
(Lat-ku)
Stand-alone
(ar-ku)
Initial
(ar-ku)
Medial
(ar-ku)
Final

 Kurdish Phonetic Alphabets based on International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Yekgirtú
(Lat-ku)
North
(Lat-ku)
Stand-alone
(ar-ku)
Initial
(ar-ku)
Medial
(ar-ku)
Final
(ar-ku)
IPA
A, a A, a ا ئا ـا [a:]
B, b B, b ـبـ ـب [b]
C, c Ç, ç چ ـچـ ـچ [tʃ]
D, d D, d ــد [d]
E, e E, e ﺋﮫ [æ]
(‘E, ‘e)* E, e ع عـ ـعـ ـع [ʕ]
É, é Ê, ê ێ ئێـ ـێـ ـێ [ɛ]
F, f F, f ـفـ [f]
G, g G, g ـگـ ـگ [g]
H, h H, h ـهـ [h]
(‘H, ‘h)* H, h ح حـ ـحـ ـح [ħ] 
I, i I, i [I] 
Í, í Î, î ﺋﯾ ـيـ [i:]
J, j C, c ـجـ ـج [ʤ]
Jh, jh J, j ـژ [ʒ]
K, k K, k ـکـ [k]
L, l L, l ـلـ ـل [l]
ll ڵ, ڶ ڵــ, ڶــ ـڵـ, ـڶـ ـڵ, ـڶ [ɬ]
M, m M, m ـمـ ـم [m]
N, n N, n ـنـ ـن [n]
O, o O, o ۆ ئۆ ـۆ [o]
P, p P, p پ پــ ـپـ ـپ [p]
Q, q Q, q ـقـ ـق [q]
R, r R, r ـر [ɾ]
rr ڕ ـڕ [r]
S, s S, s ـسـ ـس [s]
Sh, sh Ş, ş ـشـ ـش [ʃ]
T, t T, t ـتـ ـت [t]
U, u U, u ـو [u]
Ú, ú Û, û ﻭﻭ ـوﻭ [u:]
Ù, ù [ʉ:] 
V, v V, v ڤ ڤـ ـڤـ ـڤ [v]
W, w W, w ـو [w]
X, x X, x ـخـ ـخ [x]
(‘X, ‘x)* X, x ـغـ ـغ [ʁ]
Y, y Y, y يـ [j]
Z, z Z, z ـز [z]

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