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
IPAOrthographyEnglish approximation
NK[1]CK[2]SK[3]
bbببboy
cججjuice
çچچchest
ddددdog
ffففfoot
ɡgگگgood
ɣغgo, but without completely blocking airflow on the g
hhھھhope
ħ / hحSemitic Heth
ʒjژژtreasure
kkککskin
llللlip
ɫł / l / llڵ‎ڵ‎pill
mmممmoon
nnننnap
ŋ[4]ň / ngنٚنٚsing
ppپپspin
qqققSemitic Qoph
ɾrرر(American English) atom
rř / r / rrڕڕ(Scottish English) run
ssسسsip
ʃşششship
ttتتstop
vvڤڤvase
wwووwest
xxخخScottish loch
jyییyolk
zzززzap
Vowels
IPAOrthographyEnglish approximation
NK[1]CK[2]SK[3]
ɑːaااfather
êێێair
ɛeەهbay
îىىsee
ɪi--if
oۆۆshore
ʊuووbook
ûووووmoon
ۊsomewhat like cute

References

See also

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