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

The Cyrillic alphabet is officially used in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
The Arabic alphabet is officially used in People's Republic of China in the Kyzylsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture and the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

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 until 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 Kyrgyz language: Ң, Ү, Ө.

1 Correspondence chart
2 Arabic
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Correspondence chart

Correspondence chart of different Kyrgyz writing scripts - the Cyrillic alphabet used in Kyrgyzstan, the Latin alphabet used during 1928-1930 in Kyrgyzstan and Arabic alphabet used in Xinjiang.

Cyrillic alphabet	Name in Cyrillic (Kyrgyz)	Arabic alphabet^[1]	Transliteration	Latin alphabet (1928—1940)	IPA transcription
А а	а	ا	A a	A a	/ɑ/
Б б	бе	ب	B b	B в	/b/, [w], [v]
В в	ве	ۋ	V v	V v	/v/
Г г	ге	گ ع*	G g	G g, Ƣ ƣ	/ɡ/ [ʁ]
Д д	де	د	D d	D d	/d/
Е е	e	ه	E e	E e	/je/, /e/
Ё ё	ё	يو	Yo yo	Yo yo	/jo/
Ж ж	же	ج	J j	Ç ç (Ƶ ƶ from 1938)	/dʒ/
З з	зе	ز	Z z	Z z	/z/
И и	и	ى	İ i	I i	/i/
Й й	ий	ي	Y y	J j	/j/
К к	кa	ك ق*	K k	K k, Q q	/k/, [q], [χ]
Л л	эл	ل	L l	L l	/l/
М м	эм	م	M m	M m	/m/
Н н	эн	ن	N n	N n	/n/
Ң ң	ың	ڭ	Ñ ñ	Ŋ ŋ	/ŋ/
О о	о	و	O o	O o	/o/
Ө ө	ө	ۅ	Ö ö	Ɵ ɵ	/ø/
П п	пe	پ	P p	P p	/p/
Р р	эр	ر	R r	R r	/r/
С с	эс	س	S s	S s	/s/
Т т	те	ت	T t	T t	/t/
У у	у	ۇ	U u	U u	/u/
Ү ү	ү	ۉ	Ü ü	Y y	/y/
Ф ф	эф	ف	F f	F f	/f/
Х х	ха	ح	H h	X x (H h before 1938)	/χ/ (=/k/)
Ц ц	це	تس	C c	Ts ts	/ʦ/
Ч ч	че	چ	Ç ç	C c	/tʃ/
Ш ш	ша	ش	Ş ş	Ş ş	/ʃ/
Щ щ	ща	-	Şç şç	Şc şc	/ʃtʃ/, /ʃː/
Ъ ъ	ажыратуу белгиси	-	-	-	(no phonemic value; only found in borrowings)
Ы ы	ы	ى	İ i	Ь ь	/ɯ/
Ь ь	ичкертүү белгиси	-	-	-	(no phonemic value; only found in borrowings)
Э э	э	ه	É é	E e	/e/
Ю ю	ю	يۋ	Yu yu	Yu yu	/ju/, /jy/
Я я	я	يا	Ya ya	Ya ya	/ja/, /jɑ/

К - ك changes into ق if precedes or succeeds by letters а, о, у, ы.
Г - گ changes into ع if precedes or succeeds by letters а, о, у, ы.

[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	[t͡ʃ]	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	[ɡ~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)

Contents

[edit] Correspondence chart

[edit] Arabic

[edit] References

[edit] See also

[edit] External links