Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji

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The Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji is a Latin-based writing system developed in the 20th century that has become the dominant orthography for the Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish, especially in Turkey and Syria.

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Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji canonical 1

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin-based orthography
alphabet
writing system
associatedWithPublication Hawar magazine
basedOn Latin alphabet
designedFor representing Kurdish phonemes in Kurmanji
developedInCentury 20th century
dialect Kurmanji
dominantOrthographyFor Kurmanji in Syria
Kurmanji in Turkey
excludesLetter Q
W
X
hasCaseDistinction uppercase and lowercase
hasLetterCount 31
includesLetter Ç
Ê
Î
Û
Ş
language Kurdish
orthographicType phonemic orthography
orthographyStatus dominant for Kurmanji in Latin script
primaryRegionOfUse Syria
Turkey
diaspora communities
scriptFamily Latin
scriptType Latin script
standardFor Kurmanji Kurdish publications in Syria
Kurmanji Kurdish publications in Turkey
supportsPhonologyOf Kurmanji
surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
usedFor Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish
usedInMedium digital text
print
usesDiacritics yes
writingDirection left-to-right

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Kurdish language writingStandard Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji