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	q in the Arabic word qamar (قمر)	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. Details can be found within the ‘About’ page, ‘Suggestions’ section, ‘Revision of the letter Q’ sub-section.