Help:IPA/Kurdish

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Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

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 {{IPA-ku}}, {{IPA-kmr}}, {{IPA-ckb}}, {{IPA-sdh}} 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 / x غ go, but without completely blocking airflow on the g
h h ھ ھ hope
ħ / h ح somewhat like hope
ʒ j ژ ژ pleasure
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
ň / ng نگ نگ sing
p p پ پ spin
q q ق ق somewhat like call, but further back in the mouth
ɾ r ر ر butter (American English)
r ř / r / rr ڕ ڕ rolled r
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 pay
ɛ e ە ه bed
æ ه bad
ə ه‌و[4] about
i î ى ى see
ɪ i ى ى sit
o ۆ ۆ shore
u u و و influence
û وو وو moon
ʊ و wood
ʉː ۊ somewhat like cute


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Celadet Bedir Khan & Roger Lescot (1970). Grammaire Kurde (Dialecte kurmandji). Paris: La librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient Adrien Maisonneuve. p. 3–7. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "—Sorani Kurdish— A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings". https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/Sorani/sorani_1_grammar.pdf. Retrieved 29 October 2017. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Ordlista på sydkurdiska Wişename we Kurdî xwarîn". p. V. http://www.kurdipedia.org/files/books/2016/93591.PDF?ver=130971445307410354. Retrieved 29 October 2017. 
  4. ه followed by ى in the same syllable

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