Kurdish Latin Alphabet
A a | B b | C c | Ç ç | D d | E e | Ê ê |
F f | G g | H h | I i | Î î | J j | K k |
L l | Ł ł | M m | N n | Ň ň | O o | P p |
R r | Ř ř | S s | Ş ş | T t | U u | Û û |
Ü ü | V v | W w | X x | Y y | Z z |
The Kurdish Latin Alphabet uses the Latin script. It has been derived from the Kurdish Hawar alphabet.
Example and Conversion Table
Kurdish Latin Alphabet | Example | Cyrillic | Abjad |
A a | a in after | А а | ا |
B b | b in brother | Б б | ب |
C c | j in jog | Щ щ | ج |
Ç ç | ch in chat | Ч ч | چ |
D d | d in door | Д д | د |
E e | a in about / e in red | Ә ә | ە |
Ê ê | ea in bear | Э э | ێ |
F f | f in fast | Ф ф | ف |
G g | g in goat | Г г | گ |
H h | h in hill | Һ һ | ھ |
I i | i in tip / io in station | Ь ь | ئ |
Î î | ee in tree | И и | ی |
J j | s in measure | Ж ж | ژ |
K k | k in kite | К к | ک |
L l | l in lesson | Л л | ل |
Ł ł | ll in the Albanian word lloj | Л’ л’ | ڵ |
M m | m in milk | М м | م |
N n | n in note | Н н | ن |
Ň ň | ng in ring | нг | نگ |
O o | o in shore | O o | ۆ |
P p | p in pan | П п | پ |
R r | r in the Armenian word yerek (երեք) | Р р | ر |
Ř ř | rr in the Spanish word zorro | Р’ р’ | ڕ |
S s | s in sip | С с | س |
Ş ş | sh in shell | Ш ш | ش |
T t | t in tap | Т т | ت |
U u | u in the Italian word tutto | Ӧ ӧ | و |
Û û | u in the Spanish word tortuga | У у | وو |
Ü ü | ü in the German word über | ——– | ۊ |
V v | v in vest | В в | ڤ |
W w | w in water | Ԝ ԝ | و |
X x | ch in the German word buch | Х х | خ |
Y y | y in year | Й й | ی |
Z z | z in zebra | З з | ز |
We have removed the letter Q.
The letter Q, along with the sound it represents, are not from the Kurdish language.
The letter Ü is seen in the Kełhuřî dialect of the Kurdish language.
English | Kełhuřî | Kurmancî | Soranî | Zazakî |
Blood | Xün | Xwîn | Xwên | Gonî |
Kurdish Writing