Help:IPA/Kurdish

The chart below shows how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Kurdish pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. This page includes the three main Kurdish dialects; Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish, and Southern Kurdish. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Kurdish phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Kurdish.

Consonants
IPA Orthography English approximation
NK[1] CK[2] SK[3]
b b ب ب boy
c ج ج juice
ç چ چ chest
d d د د dog
f f ف ف foot
ɡ g گ گ good
ɣ غ go, but without completely blocking airflow on the g
h h ھ ھ hope
ħ / h ح Semitic Heth
ʒ j ژ ژ treasure
k k ک ک skin
l l ل ل lip
ɫ ł / l / ll ڵ‎ ڵ‎ pill
m m م م moon
n n ن ن nap
ŋ[4] ň / ng نٚ نٚ sing
p p پ پ spin
q q ق ق Semitic Qoph
ɾ r ر ر (American English) atom
r ř / r / rr ڕ ڕ (Scottish English) run
s s س س sip
ʃ ş ش ش ship
t t ت ت stop
v v ڤ ڤ vase
w w و و west
x x خ خ Scottish loch
j y ی ی yolk
z z ز ز zap
Vowels
IPA Orthography English approximation
NK[1] CK[2] SK[3]
ɑː a ا ا father
ê ێ ێ air
ɛ e ە ه bay
î ى ى see
ɪ i - - if
o ۆ ۆ shore
ʊ u و و foot
û وو وو cool
ۊ somewhat like cute
  1. ^ a b Celadet Bedir Khan & Roger Lescot (1970). Grammaire Kurde (Dialecte kurmandji). Paris: La librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient Adrien Maisonneuve. p. 3–7.
  2. ^ a b W. M. Thackston. "—Sorani Kurdish— A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings" (PDF). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b Hussein Ali Fattah. "Ordlista på sydkurdiska Wişename we Kurdî xwarîn" (PDF). p. V. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  4. ^ Hiwa Asadpour & Maryam Mohammadi. "A Comparative Study of Phonological System of Kurdish Varieties". Journal of Language and Cultural Education: 109. ISSN 1339-4584.