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Kurdish scripts

Kurdish is written in three scripts: Latin, Arabic-based and Cyrillic.

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Faculty of Kurdish Studies
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01Fields

The A narrower topic within a discipline. this discipline covers.

  • The Latin alphabet
  • The Arabic-based alphabet
  • Cyrillic Kurdish
  • Moving between scripts
  • Fonts and keyboards

02Classification

Where the discipline sits in the international lists of fields.

SchemeCodeSteward
OECD Fields of Research and Development (FORD), Frascati Manual 2015, Table 2.26.2OECD
ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013)0232UNESCO Institute for Statistics

03Courses

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A A record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.

04Communities of practice

  • Community of practice: Education and Language Standards

    A A proposal only, which exists once the governing body the charter names decides. A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area. on course quality and standards for Kurdish varieties and scripts.

    Proposed

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06Related service subsites

  • Language

    Kurmanji, Sorani, Zazaki, Southern Kurdish and Gorani, in every script.

07More in this department

  • Proposed

    Kurdish language and linguistics

    Kurdish linguistics studies the grammar, dialects, standards and history of the Kurdish varieties.

    0 courses5 fields

  • Open

    Kurmanji

    Kurmanji, or Northern Kurdish, is usually written in the Latin alphabet.

    3 courses4 fields

  • Open

    Sorani

    Sorani, or Central Kurdish, is usually written in an Arabic-based Kurdish alphabet.

    3 courses3 fields

  • Open

    Southern Kurdish

    Southern Kurdish varieties, including Kalhuri and Feyli, are spoken mainly in western Iran and eastern Iraq.

    1 course3 fields

  • Open

    Zazaki and Gorani

    Zazaki and Gorani, including Hawrami, are spoken in Kurdish communities, and linguists debate how they relate to Kurdish.

    2 courses4 fields

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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Kurdish scripts. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/kurdish-scripts/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Kurdish Scripts.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/kurdish-scripts/.

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@misc{kco2026_learn_disciplines_kurdish_scripts,
	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Kurdish scripts},
	url = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/kurdish-scripts/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/kurdish-scripts/},
}

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