Script
Kurdish Arabic-based alphabet
Every vowel is written except short i, which is not written.
- Letters
- 33
- ISO 15924
- Arab
- Direction
- Right to left
- Languages here
- 2
01Alphabet chart
Letters: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters for ckb.
- ئnot written (vowel seat)
- اa
- بb
- پp
- تt
- جc
- چç
- حḧ
- خx
- دd
- رr
- زz
- ڕr̄
- ژj
- سs
- شş
- ع‘
- غẍ
- فf
- ڤv
- قq
- کk
- گg
- لl
- ڵł
- مm
- نn
- هh
- ەe
- وw / u
- ۆo
- یy / î
- ێê
Show as a table
| Letter | Code point | Unicode name | Romanisation | Sound (IPA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ئ | U+0626 | arabic letter yeh with hamza above | not written (vowel seat) | ʔ |
| ا | U+0627 | arabic letter alef | a | aː |
| ب | U+0628 | arabic letter beh | b | b |
| پ | U+067E | arabic letter peh | p | p |
| ت | U+062A | arabic letter teh | t | t |
| ج | U+062C | arabic letter jeem | c | d͡ʒ |
| چ | U+0686 | arabic letter tcheh | ç | t͡ʃ |
| ح | U+062D | arabic letter hah | ḧ | ħ |
| خ | U+062E | arabic letter khah | x | x |
| د | U+062F | arabic letter dal | d | d |
| ر | U+0631 | arabic letter reh | r | ɾ |
| ز | U+0632 | arabic letter zain | z | z |
| ڕ | U+0695 | arabic letter reh with small v below | r̄ | r |
| ژ | U+0698 | arabic letter jeh | j | ʒ |
| س | U+0633 | arabic letter seen | s | s |
| ش | U+0634 | arabic letter sheen | ş | ʃ |
| ع | U+0639 | arabic letter ain | ‘ | ʕ |
| غ | U+063A | arabic letter ghain | ẍ | ɣ |
| ف | U+0641 | arabic letter feh | f | f |
| ڤ | U+06A4 | arabic letter veh | v | v |
| ق | U+0642 | arabic letter qaf | q | q |
| ک | U+06A9 | arabic letter keheh | k | k |
| گ | U+06AF | arabic letter gaf | g | ɡ |
| ل | U+0644 | arabic letter lam | l | l |
| ڵ | U+06B5 | arabic letter lam with small v | ł | ɫ |
| م | U+0645 | arabic letter meem | m | m |
| ن | U+0646 | arabic letter noon | n | n |
| ه | U+0647 | arabic letter heh | h | h |
| ە | U+06D5 | arabic letter ae | e | ɛ |
| و | U+0648 | arabic letter waw | w / u | w, ʊ |
| ۆ | U+06C6 | arabic letter oe | o | oː |
| ی | U+06CC | arabic letter farsi yeh | y / î | j, iː |
| ێ | U+06CE | arabic letter yeh with small v | ê | eː |
| وو | U+0648 U+0648 | arabic letter waw + arabic letter waw | û | uː |
- Every vowel is written except short i, which is not written.
- A word that starts with a vowel takes the seat ئ.
- ە is the vowel e and ه is the consonant h; keyboards and fonts must keep them apart.
Sources Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified; The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. (2026) Verified
02Transliteration
Kurdish Arabic-based alphabet to Latin, ALA-LC (2012)
زمانی کوردی
zmanî kurdî
و and ی are read as consonants beside a vowel and as vowels between consonants. Short i is not written, so it does not appear.
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Kurdish Arabic-based alphabet to Latin, ALA-LC (2012)
| Letter | Becomes |
|---|---|
| ا | a |
| ب | b |
| پ | p |
| ت | t |
| ج | c |
| چ | ç |
| ح | ḧ |
| خ | x |
| د | d |
| ر | r |
| ڕ | r̄ |
| ز | z |
| ژ | j |
| س | s |
| ش | ş |
| ع | ‘ |
| غ | ẍ |
| ف | f |
| ڤ | v |
| ق | q |
| ک | k |
| ك | k |
| گ | g |
| ل | l |
| ڵ | ł |
| م | m |
| ن | n |
| ه | h |
| ھ | h |
| ە | e |
| ۆ | o |
| ێ | ê |
| ئ | not written |
Sources Library of Congress. ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Kurdish, 2012 version. (2012) Verified
03Numerals
- Western digits latn
- 2026
- Arabic-Indic digits arab
- ٢٠٢٦
Digits from Unicode CLDR numbering systems.
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| Digits | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western digits | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arabic-Indic digits | ٠ | ١ | ٢ | ٣ | ٤ | ٥ | ٦ | ٧ | ٨ | ٩ |
04Punctuation
، ؛ ؟ « »
05Standards
- ISO 15924
- Arab
- Unicode blocks
- Arabic (U+0600 to U+06FF), Arabic Supplement (U+0750 to U+077F), Arabic Presentation Forms-A and -B
- Unicode CLDR locale
- ckb
- Digits
- Arabic-Indic digits (arab)
- Joining
- Letters join their neighbours and change shape by position.
Sources ISO 15924 codes for the representation of names of scripts. Unicode Consortium, registration authority. (2025) Verified; The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. (2026) Verified; Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified
06Languages written in it
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کوردی / KurdîKurdish (Sorani, Kurmanji, Southern Kurdish)
Western Iran: Kurdistan, Kermanshah, West Azerbaijan, Ilam, and North Khorasan
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هەورامیHawrami (Gorani)
Hawraman, Kurdistan and Kermanshah provinces
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