Kurdish Alphabet

Today I will teach you the Kurdish alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Kurdish letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Kurdish contains 57 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.

ا	[a] like ant
ﺏ	[b] like bat
ﺝ	[c] like joke
چ	[ç] like chat
ﺩ	[d] like day
ﮦ	[e] like leg
ێ	[ê] like egg
ﻑ	[f] like fruit
ﮒ	[g] like gold
ﻫ	[h] like hi
ح	[ḧ] like Hassan
ع	['] glotteral sound
—	[i] extends letters
ﯼ	[î] like yes
ﮊ	[j] like vision
ﮎ	[k] like kit
ﻝ	[l] like love
ڵ ڶ	[] like million
ﻡ	[m] like man
ﻥ	[n] like nice
ۆ	[o] like old
پ	[p] like play
ﻕ	[q] like Qum
ﺭ	[r] like ring
ڕ ڒ ڔ	[] no equivalent
ﺱ	[s] like sea
ﺵ	[ş] like shy
ﺕ	[t] like toy
ﻭ	[u] like urge
ﻭﻭ ۇ	[û] like boot
ۈ	[] no equivalent
ڤ ۋ	[v] like very
ﻭ	[w] like wood
ﺥ	[x] like Bach
ﻍ	[ẍ] like Ghana
ﯼ	[y] like yes
ﺯ	[z] like zoo

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