The Kurdish Alphabet! Elfúbey Kurdi!

[Bestoun]

A complete kurdish alphabet consisting of 30 letters with 4 Digraphs (Ch, ll, Sh, rr)
The velar " ll " is for non-initial positions only (ll), in Kurdish Velar L never comes in initial position.
The trill " rr " is for non-initial positions only, initial position in any Kurdish words is pronounced as a Trill " R ".

If you want to install it for Windows, I can send the .exe file.

Thoughts? Comment please

Wéney Deng/Sounds like:

A a - Car
B b - Brother
C c - Joy
Ch ch - Church
D d - Door
E e - Actor
É é - Hair
F f - Family
G g - Gallery
H h - House
I i - Sit , Bit
Í í - See
J j - Pleasure
K k - Kind
L l - Life
ll - Velar "L"
M m - Mother
N n - Nation
O o - Old
P p - Policy
Q q - Quran
R r - Rain
rr - Trill "R" as Spanish Perro
S s - Cinema
Sh sh - Sheep
T t - Tea
U u - Kurd
Ú ú - Choose
Ù ù - "U" in Swedish
V v - Vote
W w - Wind
X x - like "Ch" in German
Y y - Year
Z z - Zoo

Some Kurdish words:

A a - Azadí, Awaz
B b - Bira, Bav
C c - Cash, Colemérg
Ch ch - Chav, Chemchemall
D d - Dar
E e - Seyran
É é - Hewlér
F f - Firya, Def
G g - Goze, Goraní
H h - Heval
I i - Bin, Kirin
Í í - Ríshe
J j - Jiyan
K k - Kake, Kurdistan
L l - Lekí
ll - Dill, Mall
M m - Mame, Mehabad
N n - Nan, Narín
O o - Oyar, Koll
P p - Pepúle, Peyv
Q q - Qaz, Qúl
R r - Zar, Berzan
rr - Pirr, Birrín
S s - Soran, Sard
Sh sh - Shimshér, Shér
T t - Temate, Tam
U u - Yekbun, Bakur
Ú ú - Dúr, Kúp
Ù ù - Ùshim, Mirùje
V v - Mirov
W w - Kew, Wirmé
X x - Xak, Dax
Y y - Yarí, Díyar
Z z - Zana, Zerdesht

This is an edit of the Yekgirtú alphabet, http://www.kurdishacademy.org/?q=node/3

[jjmuneer]

Basically the Sorani Latin script.

[kardox]

It is amazing how people spell when writing Sorani, something standardized would be very nice (beside the arabic letters).

I have seen people spell kurdistan as, krdstan, deldar as dldar etc.. what is it, are they using imaginary "fatha" and "kasra" ?

Thank you

[Bestoun]

Basically the Sorani Latin script.

is there an official sorani latin script? :O
I just know that people who write sorani with latin script spell in different ways.

[Bestoun]

It is amazing how people spell when writing Sorani, something standardized would be very nice (beside the arabic letters).

I have seen people spell kurdistan as, krdstan, deldar as dldar etc.. what is it, are they using imaginary "fatha" and "kasra" ?

Thank you

Yes exacly, really annoying to read sometimes

And the thing is this script has less letters than the Kurmanjî latin script. "Ç" and "Ş" is removed (replaced with "Ch" and "Sh") and "Ù" is added. That means in total besides the 26 basic latin letters, there are 4 more letters for this kurdish alphabet. "Í", "É", "Ú" and "Ù". Wich will make writing with keyboards a lot easier!

Swedish has 3 more extra letters besides the 26 basic latin letters. They are "Å", "Ä" and "Ö".

[kardox]

I have a lot of respect for latin (Bedirxani) scripts, but sometimes I find it also a bit confusing. I wish to have a straight forward script.
Ch, Zh, Sh and Gh are nice, but also confusing for people that do not know English.

[jjmuneer]

Basically the Sorani Latin script.

is there an official sorani latin script? :O
I just know that people who write sorani with latin script spell in different ways.

We official in South Kurdistan, or atleast is accompanies the Sorani Arabic script.

[Bestoun]

Basically the Sorani Latin script.

is there an official sorani latin script? :O
I just know that people who write sorani with latin script spell in different ways.

We official in South Kurdistan, or atleast is accompanies the Sorani Arabic script.

What, sorry didn't understand that . I know sorani have the sorani arabic script as official script.

[Bestoun]

I have a lot of respect for latin (Bedirxani) scripts, but sometimes I find it also a bit confusing. I wish to have a straight forward script.
Ch, Zh, Sh and Gh are nice, but also confusing for people that do not know English.

Yes but if it gets to be a official script, kurds will have it easier to learn english !