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Encyclopedia > Kurdish alphabet

Kurdish alphabet is a writing system for the Kurdish language. It was derived from Latin alphabet by Celadet ElĂ® Bedirxan in 1932, thus also called the Bedirxan script. It is used by Kurds in Turkey and Syria. A writing system, also called a script, is a type of symbolic communication system used to represent elements or statements expressible in some spoken language, for the purpose of communication. ... // Geographic distribution The Kurdish languages or Kurdish dialects are spoken in the region loosely called Kurdistan including Kurdish populations in parts of Iran (Persia), Iraq, Syria and Turkey. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ...


The Turkish state does not recognise the alphabet. This has caused new conflicts since 2003, when names in Kurdish were allowed to be registered, for six letters of Kurdish alphabet are absent in Turkish alphabet. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The earliest known Turkish alphabet is the Orkhon script. ...


External links

http://www.kurdishacademy.org/english/alphabet/comparison.html


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Kurdish language, alphabet and pronunciation (259 words)
Kurdish began to appear in writing in a version of the Persian alphabet during the 7th century AD.
In Turkey Kurdish is written with the Latin alphabet and in parts of the former Soviet Union it is written with the Cyrillic alphabet.
The Cyrillic alphabet is known as Cyrillic Kurmanjí and the Arabic alphabet is known as Soraní.
The Kurdish Unified Alphabet (902 words)
Kurdish immigrants have joined this trend, and in the process have become notable users of cyber-special communication
Since the Kurdish homeland is divided among more than a dozen countries in the geographic heart of the Middle East-and makes up one of the largest stateless nations on earth-communication across international frontiers has been difficult.
Northern Kurds use a modified Latin-Turkish alphabet; Central Kurds use a modified Arabic alphabet; Kurds in the former USSR use a modified Cyrillic alphabet; and Kurds in South-eastern Kurdistan still largely use the Persian alphabet.
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