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
Q q	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	Abjad	Cyrillic
A a	a in after	ا	А а
B b	b in brother	ب	Б б
C c	j in jog	ج	Щ щ
Ç ç	ch in chat	چ	Ч ч
D d	d in door	د	Д д
E e	e in red / u in under	ە	Ә ә
Ê ê	ea in bear	ێ	Э э
F f	f in fast	ف	Ф ф
G g	g in goat	گ	Г г
H h	h in hill	ھ	Һ һ
I i	i in tip / io in station	ئ	Ь ь
Î î	ee in tree	ی	И и
J j	s in measure	ژ	Ж ж
K k	k in kite	ک	К к
L l	l in lesson	ل	Л л
Ł ł	ll in the American-English pronunciation of call	ڵ	Л’ л’
M m	m in milk	م	М м
N n	n in note	ن	Н н
Ň ň	ng in ring	نگ	нг
O o	o in form	ۆ	O o
P p	p in pan	پ	П п
Q q	——–	ق	Ԛ ԛ
R r	r in the Armenian word yerek (երեք)	ر	Р р
Ř ř	rr in the Spanish word zorro	ڕ	Р’ р’
S s	s in sip	س	С с
Ş ş	sh in shell	ش	Ш ш
T t	t in tap	ت	Т т
U u	u in the Italian word tu	و	Ӧ ӧ
Û û	u in the Spanish word tortuga	وو	У у
Ü ü	ü in the German word über	ۊ‎	——–
V v	v in vest	ڤ	В в
W w	w in water	و	Ԝ ԝ
X x	ch in the German word buch	خ	Х х
Y y	y in yogurt	ی	Й й
Z z	z in zebra	ز	З з

The letter Q, along with the sound it represents, is to be revised. This letter could be removed. Details can be found within the ‘About’ page, ‘Suggestions’ section, ‘Revision of the letter Q’ sub-section.

More information on the Kurdish Latin Alphabet, and the Kurdish Hawar Alphabet that it has been derived from, can be found within the ‘About’ page, ‘Approach’ section, ‘Standardization of the Kurdish alphabet’ sub-section.