Kyrgyz alphabet

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The Kyrgyz alphabets are the alphabets used to write the Kirghiz language. The Kyrgyz language uses the following alphabets:

The Arabic alphabet was traditionally used to write Kyrgyz before the introduction of the first Latin-based scripts in 1927. Today a modified Arabic alphabet is used in China. The Uniform Turkic Alphabet was used in the USSR in the 1930s till its replacement by a Cyrillic script. The Kyrgyz Cyrillic alphabet is the alphabet used in Kyrgyzstan. It contains 36 letters: 33 from the Russian alphabet with 3 additional letters for sounds of the Kirghiz language: Ң, Ү, Ө.

Below is a Correspondence chart showing both the Arabic alphabet used in Xinjiang, and the Cyrillic alphabet used in Kyrgyzstan.

Cyrillic Arabic
А а ا
Б б ب
В в ۋ
Г г گ
Д д د
Е е ه
Ё ё يو
Ж ж ج
З з ز
И и ي
Й й ي
К к ك
Л л ل
М м م
Н н ن
Ң ң ڭ
О о و
Ө ө ۅ
П п پ
Р р ر
С с س
Т т ت
У у ۇ
Ү ү ۉ
Ф ф ف
Х х ح
Ц ц تس
Ч ч چ
Ш ш ش
Щ щ --
Ъ ъ --
Ы ы ى
Ь ь --
Э э ه
Ю ю يۋ
Я я يا

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[edit] Letter names and pronunciation

[edit] Cyrillic

Letters and symbols of the Kyrgyz Cyrillic alphabet
Capital Small Translit. Name Pronunciation Notes
А а a a [a]
Б б b бe [b]
В в v вe [v]
Г г g гe [g]~[ʁ]
Д д d де [d]
Е е e e [je]; [e]
Ё ё ё ё [jo]
Ж ж j же [ʤ]
З з z зe [z]
И и i и [i]
Й й i й [j]
К к k κа [k]~[q]
Л л l эл [l]
М м m эм [m]
Н н n эн [n]
Ң ң h ың [ŋ]
О о o o [o]
Ө ө ö ө [ø]
П п p пe [p]
Р р r эp [r]
С с s эc [s]
Т т t тe [t]
У у u у [u]
Ү ү ü ү [y]
Ф ф f эф [ф]
Х х x xa [χ]
Ц ц c це [ts]
Ч ч ch чe [tʃ]
Ш ш sh шa [ʃ]
Щ щ - щa [ʃʧ]
Ъ ъ ” ажыратуу белгиси -
Ы ы y ы [ɯ]
Ь ь ’ ичкертүү белгиси -
Э э e э [e]
Ю ю ju ю [ju]
Я я ja я [ja]

[edit] Arabic

Name in Kyrgyz Transliteration IPA Final Medial Initial Isolated
a [a] ﺎ ﺎ ا
b [b] ﺐ ﺒ ﺑ ﺏ
p [p] ﭗ ﭙ ﭙ پ


n [n] ﻦ ﻨ ﻧ ﻥ
t [t] ﺖ ﺘ ﺗ ﺕ
j [ʒ] ﺞ ﺠ ﺟ ﺝ
č / ch [ʧ] ﭻ ﭽ ﭼ ﭺ
ĥ / x [χ] ﺢ ﺤ ﺣ ﺡ
f [ɸ] ﻒ ﻔ ﻓ ﻑ
q [q] ﻖ ﻘ ﻗ ﻕ
ġ [ʁ] ﻊ ﻌ ﻋ ﻉ
k [k~q] ﮏ ﮑ ﮐ ک
g [g~ʁ] ﮓ ﮕ ﮔ گ
ṅ / ng [ŋ] ڭ
l [l] ﻞ ﻠ ﻟ ﻝ
m [m] ﻢ ﻤ ﻣ ﻡ
o [o] ﻮ ﻮ و و
ö / oe [ø] ۅ
u [u] ۉ
ü [y] ﯗ
v [v] ﯞ
s [s] ﺲ ﺴ ﺳ ﺱ
š / sh [ʃ] ﺶ ﺸ ﺷ ﺵ


d [d] ﺪ ﺪ ﺩ ﺩ
r [r] ﺮ ﺮ ﺭ ﺭ
z [z] ﺰ ﺰ ﺯ ﺯ
e [je/e] ﻪ ﻬ ﻫ ﻩ
ı(b) - ﻯ
o(f) [y] ﯗﺀ
i(f) [] ﻰﺋ
y [j] ي ﻴ ﻳ ﻲ
i/ı [] ﻯ ﻯ
- [] ء
() (la) ([]) () () () (ﻻ)

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