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Kurdish scripts

Kurdish scripts bridge (Latin, Arabic-based, Cyrillic)

Reading Kurdish in all three scripts it is written in, so readers can cross between communities.

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Study time
12 h
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1
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Before you begin The Kurdish Cooperation Organization is a federation of communities that learn from one another. It is not a university, claims no public authority and serves no government, party or faith body.

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Sources

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  1. Mohammed Khalid Mahmood, Ali Qadir Hama Rash, Mohammed Amin Qadir Hama Rash et al. (2023). Kurdish and Persian: Dialects or Separate Languages?. International Journal of Social Science and Human Research. DOI 10.47191/ijsshr/v6-i4-29
  2. Hasan IE, Al-Atroshi SJA (2026). Mabast dataset for Sorani Kurdish dialect semantic text classification.. Data Brief. DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2026.113121
  3. Hewa Salam Khalid (2020). KURDISH LANGUAGE, ITS FAMILY AND DIALECTS. Kurdiname.
  4. Aras Khider Ali, Sattar Jabbar Haji (2025). The Effectiveness of Carin’s Model in Acquiring of the Kurdish language Grammar Concepts for Tenth Graders students of Preparatory school. Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences. DOI 10.21271/zjhs.29.spb.20
  5. Saeed VA, Jacksi K (2026). Dasinya: A dataset and preprocessing pipeline for the Badini Kurdish dialect.. Data Brief. DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2026.113129

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01About this course

Who it is for
Readers of one Kurdish script who want to read the others, teachers and archivists.
Format
Self-paced online with transliteration exercises.
Study time
About 12 hours, estimated
Before you start
Reading ability in at least one Kurdish script.
Discipline
Kurdish scripts

02What you will be able to do

  • Map letters between the Latin, Arabic-based and Cyrillic Kurdish alphabets.
  • Read a short text in each script.
  • Transliterate names consistently.
  • Explain where and why each script is used.

03Modules

  1. 01

    Why three scripts

    History and the communities behind each script.

  2. 02

    Latin

    The alphabet used for Kurmanji and Zazaki.

  3. 03

    Arabic-based

    The Sorani alphabet and its Kurdish letters.

  4. 04

    Cyrillic

    The alphabet used in the former Soviet Union.

  5. 05

    Transliteration

    Names, places and consistent rules.

  6. 06

    Reading across

    Texts side by side.

04Assessment and completion

Transliterate and read a short passage in each script.

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08Further reading

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  1. Kurdish and Persian: Dialects or Separate Languages?

    Mohammed Khalid Mahmood, Ali Qadir Hama Rash, Mohammed Amin Qadir Hama Rash et al. · 2023 · International Journal of Social Science and Human Research

    ArticleOpenAlexDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-NC

  2. Mabast dataset for Sorani Kurdish dialect semantic text classification.

    Hasan IE, Al-Atroshi SJA · 2026 · Data Brief

    ArticleEurope PMCOpen access

  3. KURDISH LANGUAGE, ITS FAMILY AND DIALECTS

    Hewa Salam Khalid · 2020 · Kurdiname

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen access

  4. The Effectiveness of Carin’s Model in Acquiring of the Kurdish language Grammar Concepts for Tenth Graders students of Preparatory school

    Aras Khider Ali, Sattar Jabbar Haji · 2025 · Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  5. Dasinya: A dataset and preprocessing pipeline for the Badini Kurdish dialect.

    Saeed VA, Jacksi K · 2026 · Data Brief

    ArticleEurope PMCOpen access

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0.1, draft outline
Review
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Licence
CC BY 4.0
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APA

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Kurdish scripts bridge (Latin, Arabic-based, Cyrillic). kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/kurdish-scripts-bridge-latin-arabic-based-cyrillic/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Kurdish Scripts Bridge (Latin, Arabic-Based, Cyrillic).” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/kurdish-scripts-bridge-latin-arabic-based-cyrillic/.

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@misc{kco2026_learn_catalogue_kurdish_scripts_bridge_latin_arabic_based_cyrillic,
	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Kurdish scripts bridge ({Latin}, {Arabic}-based, {Cyrillic})},
	url = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/kurdish-scripts-bridge-latin-arabic-based-cyrillic/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/kurdish-scripts-bridge-latin-arabic-based-cyrillic/},
}

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