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The Kurmanji Kurdish dialect (using ''Latin Kurmanjî'') contains 31 letters.

A, B, C, Ç, D, E, Ê, F, G, H, I, Î, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, Ş, T, U, Û, V, W, X, Y, Z

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 letters of Kurdish alphabet are absent in Turkish Alphabet .

The Sorani Kurdish dialect is mainly written using a modified Arabic-based alphabet with 33 letters.

ى, ێ, ﮪ , ﻭﻭ, ﻭ , ﯙ , ﻥ , ﻡ , ﻝ, ڵ, ﮒ, ﮎ, ﻕ, ڤ, ﻑ, ﻍ, ﻉ, ﺵ, ﺱ, ﮊ, ﺯ, ڕ, ﺭ, ﺩ, ﺥ, ﺡ, ﭺ, ﺝ, ﺕ, ﭖ, ﺏ, ﺋ, ﺍ



COMPARISON OF SORANI AND KURMANJI ALPHABETS



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