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Turkmen Latin alphabet

Used in Turkmenistan. Turkmen in Iran is mostly written in the Arabic-based script.

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Letters
30
ISO 15924
Latn
Direction
Left to right
Languages here
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01Alphabet chart

Letters: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters for tk.

  1. a
  2. b
  3. ç
  4. d
  5. e
  6. ä
  7. f
  8. g
  9. h
  10. i
  11. j
  12. ž
  13. k
  14. l
  15. m
  16. n
  17. ň
  18. o
  19. ö
  20. p
  21. r
  22. s
  23. ş
  24. t
  25. u
  26. ü
  27. w
  28. y
  29. ý
  30. z
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LetterCode pointUnicode nameRomanisationSound (IPA)
aU+0061latin small letter a
bU+0062latin small letter b
çU+00E7latin small letter c with cedilla
dU+0064latin small letter d
eU+0065latin small letter e
äU+00E4latin small letter a with diaeresis
fU+0066latin small letter f
gU+0067latin small letter g
hU+0068latin small letter h
iU+0069latin small letter i
jU+006Alatin small letter j
žU+017Elatin small letter z with caron
kU+006Blatin small letter k
lU+006Clatin small letter l
mU+006Dlatin small letter m
nU+006Elatin small letter n
ňU+0148latin small letter n with caron
oU+006Flatin small letter o
öU+00F6latin small letter o with diaeresis
pU+0070latin small letter p
rU+0072latin small letter r
sU+0073latin small letter s
şU+015Flatin small letter s with cedilla
tU+0074latin small letter t
uU+0075latin small letter u
üU+00FClatin small letter u with diaeresis
wU+0077latin small letter w
yU+0079latin small letter y
ýU+00FDlatin small letter y with acute
zU+007Alatin small letter z
  • Used in Turkmenistan. Turkmen in Iran is mostly written in the Arabic-based script.

Sources Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified; The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. (2026) Verified

02Numerals

Western digits latn
2026

Digits from Unicode CLDR numbering systems.

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Digits0123456789
Western digits0123456789

03Standards

ISO 15924
Latn
Unicode blocks
Basic Latin (U+0000 to U+007F), Latin-1 Supplement (U+0080 to U+00FF), Latin Extended-A (U+0100 to U+017F)
Unicode CLDR locale
tk
Digits
Western digits (latn)
Joining
Letters stand apart.

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

04Languages written in it

  • Türkmençe / تۆرکمنTurkmen

    Golestan and North Khorasan; Latin script in Turkmenistan, Arabic-based in Iran

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APA

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Turkmen Latin alphabet. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/scripts/turkmen-latin/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Turkmen Latin Alphabet.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/scripts/turkmen-latin/.

BibTeX
@misc{idcdc2026_language_scripts_turkmen_latin,
	author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Turkmen {Latin} alphabet},
	url = {https://iranians.global/language/scripts/turkmen-latin/},
	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/language/scripts/turkmen-latin/},
}

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05Research and sources

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  1. Beyond Arabic: Software for Perso-Arabic Script Manipulation

    Alexander Gutkin, Cibu Johny, Raiomond Doctor et al. · 2022 · Proceedings of the Seventh Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop (WANLP)

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  2. Graphemic Normalization of the Perso-Arabic Script

    Raiomond Doctor, Alexander Gutkin, Cibu Johny et al. · 2022 · Grapholinguistics and Its Applications

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  3. Does Script Matter? Evaluating Large Language Models for Urdu Sentiment Analysis across Nastaliq, Roman Urdu, and Code-Switched Text

    Yousaf Khawar Raja · 2026 · Zenodo

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  4. {pdf download} Modern Persian Script Hacking: The optimal way to learn the Persian / Farsi alphabet by Judith Meyer

    Brigette Carter · 2026 · ResearchHub Technologies, Inc.

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  5. The Role of Religious Concepts in the Nastaliq Inscriptions of Safavid Monuments

    Farhad Khosravi Bizhaem · 2021 · پیکره

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  6. Identifying and Introducing of Nastaliq Inscriptions Calligraphers in Safavids Monuments of Iran

    Farhad Khosravi Bizhaem · 2019 · نگره

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  7. Design and Validation of the Novel Perso-Arabic Database in Shahmukhi Punjabi Script

    Humera Rafique, Dr. Tariq Javid · 2025 · Data Intelligence

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  8. nastaliq, n. & adj.

    2023 · Oxford English Dictionary

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  9. SMAjram: A Large-Scale Synthetic OCR Dataset for Punjabi Shahmukhi (Perso-Arabic) Script

    HUMERA RAFIQUE, TARIQ JAVID · 2025 · Ground Truth Files (AjramGTXL.Zip) Description (9 XL files inside) Sr. Ground Truth Files File Description 1 1_2_AjramGT_Primary File names and labels of Main a

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  10. A Comparative Study of the Dot’s Shape in Traditional Way of Nastaliq Script and Dot’s Implementation in Computer-based Types

    hoda kaspour, Abdolreza Charei · 2019 · نگره

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  11. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Riyāḍ, Maktabah al-‘āmah al-sa’ūdīyah. Copy of the Qur’ān, in so-called Bihārī script, with interlinear Persian, from India, about 1500 CE.

    M Willis · 2019 · Zenodo

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  12. Toward semiotics of Nastaliq calligraphy

    Mahdiyeh Meidani · 2019 · Persian Calligraphy

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