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Alfabeto Kurdish Sorani

Sorani Arabic Script

Kurdish Sorani is written in a modified Arabic script with 33 letters, where all vowels are written explicitly. It is the official Kurdish dialect in Iraq and written right-to-left.

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Sorani Vowels

CarácterNombreRomanizaciónPronunciación
اAlifalike 'a' in 'father'
ەHe (vowel)elike 'e' in 'bed'
ێYe (long e)êlike 'ay' in 'day'
یYeî/ylike 'ee' in 'see'
وWawu/wlike 'oo' in 'moon'
ۆWaw (o)olike 'o' in 'go'
ووDouble Wawûlong 'oo' sound

Sorani Consonants

CarácterNombreRomanizaciónPronunciación
بBeblike 'b' in 'ball'
پPeplike 'p' in 'park'
تTetlike 't' in 'top'
جJimclike 'j' in 'jam'
چChechlike 'ch' in 'church'
حHepharyngeal h
خKhex/khlike 'ch' in 'loch'
دDaldlike 'd' in 'day'
رRerrolled r
ڕRr (Sorani)rrstrongly rolled r
زZezlike 'z' in 'zone'
ژZhezhlike 's' in 'measure'
سSinslike 's' in 'sun'
شShinshlike 'sh' in 'shoe'
عAinʿvoiced pharyngeal
غGhainghlike French 'r'
فFeflike 'f' in 'fun'
ڤVe (Sorani)vlike 'v' in 'vine'
قQafquvular stop
کKafklike 'k' in 'king'
گGafglike 'g' in 'go'
لLamllike 'l' in 'love'
ڵLl (Sorani)lllateral l
مMimmlike 'm' in 'moon'
نNunnlike 'n' in 'no'
ھHehlike 'h' in 'hat'
هHe (vowel form)eas vowel