Kurdish alphabets

The Kurdish Kurmanji Latin alphabet is the alphabet of Kurmanji. It consists of 31 letters, the debate largely corresponds to the case.

  • Capital letters:

ABC Ç Ê DE FGHI JKLMNOPQRS Î Ş Û TU VWXYZ Lower case:

Abc ç ê de fghi î û jklmnopqrs ş tu vwxyz The eight vowels are:

A e ê î i o u û The 23 consonants are:

B c d f g h ç j k l m n p q r s t ş v w x y z It was developed in the 1930s by Celadet Ali Bedirxan. Particularly in Syria and Turkey, it has prevailed. Today Kurmanji is almost exclusively written with this alphabet, but there are also more and more literature in Sorani, which is written in Latin letters. Also, the alphabet is often used for Zazaki.

Pronunciation

To clarify pronunciation, a reference example of the German language is produced in each case.

  • Alphabet
  • Kurdistan
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