The Kurdish Alphabet

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