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Kirghiz Alphabets, IPA Pronuncation, Video, Virtual Keyboard...
In today's lesson, you will learn how to write the different letters of the Kirghiz alphabets, how to pronounce these letters whether it is through the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), or through a video with the pronunciation of the letters by a native speaker.
You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of this language.
After you've familiarized yourself with this material, you may appreciate these related topics: Greetings and Introduction, Language/Kirghiz/Culture/Traditional-Clothing.
The Kirghiz Alphabets
The Kyrgyz alphabets are the alphabets used to write the Kyrgyz language. The Kyrgyz language uses the following alphabets:
- The Cyrillic script is officially used in the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan)
- The Arabic script is officially used in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the People's Republic of China (China)
- Kyrgyz Braille
Cyrillic
| Letter | А а | Б б | В в | Г г | Д д | Е е | Ж ж | З з | И и | Й й | К к | Л л | М м | Н н | О о | П п | Р р | С с | Т т | У у | Ф ф | Х х | Ц ц | Ч ч | Ш ш | Щ щ | Ъ ъ | Ы ы | Ь ь | Э э | Ю ю | Я я | Ё ё | Ң ң | Ү ү | Ө ө |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | а | бе | ве | ге | де | e | же | зе | и | ий | кa | эл | эм | эн | о | пe | эр | эс | те | у | эф | ха | це | че | ша | ща | ажыратуу белгиси | ы | ичкертүү белгиси | э | ю | я | ё | ың | ү | ө |
| IPA | /ɑ/ | /b/, /w/, /v/ | /v/ | /ɡ/, /ʁ/, /ɢ/ | /d/ | /je/, /e/ | /d͡ʒ/ | /z/ | /i/ | /j/ | /k/, /q/, /χ/ | /l/, /ɫ/ | /m/ | /n/ | /o/ | /p/ | /r/ | /s/ | /t/ | /u/ | /f/ | /χ/, /k/ | /t͡s/ | /t͡ʃ/ | /ʃ/ | /ʃt͡ʃ/, /ʃː/ | /ɯ/ | /e/ | /ju/, /jy/ | /ja/, /jɑ/ | /jo/ | /ŋ/, /ɴ/ | /y/ | /ø/ |
Arabic
| Letter | ا | ب | ت | ج | ح | د | ر | ز | س | ش | ف | ك
ق |
ل | م | ن | و | ى | ى | ي | يا | يو | يۋ | پ | چ | ڭ | گ
ع |
ۅ | ۇ | ۉ | ۋ | ە | ە |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | /ɑ/ | /b/, /w/, /v/ | /t/ | /d͡ʒ/ | /χ/, /k/ | /d/ | /r/ | /z/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /f/ | /k/, /q/, /χ/ | /l/, /ɫ/ | /m/ | /n/ | /o/ | /i/ | /ɯ/ | /j/ | /ja/, /jɑ/ | /jo/ | /ju/, /jy/ | /p/ | /t͡ʃ/ | /ŋ/, /ɴ/ | /ɡ/, /ʁ/, /ɢ/ | /ø/ | /u/ | /y/ | /v/ | /je/, /e/ | /e/ |
Braille
| Name | Braille | IPA transcription |
|---|---|---|
| а (a) | ⠁ | /ɑ/ |
| бе (be) | ⠃ | /b/ |
| ве (v) | ⠺ | /v/, /w/ |
| ге (ge) | ⠛ | /ɡ/, /ʁ/, /ɢ/ |
| де (de) | ⠙ | /d/ |
| e (e) | ⠑ | /e/ |
| ё (ë) | ⠡ | /jo/ |
| же (zhe) | ⠚ | /d͡ʒ/, both /d͡ʒ/ and /ʒ/ since 1938 |
| зе (ze) | ⠵ | /z/ |
| и (i) | ⠊ | /i/ |
| ий (iy) | ⠯ | /j/ |
| кa (ka) | ⠅ | /k/, /q/, /χ/ |
| эл (el) | ⠇ | /l/, /ɫ/ |
| эм (em) | ⠍ | /m/ |
| эн (en) | ⠝ | /n/ |
| ың (yng) | ⠽ | /ŋ/, /ɴ/ |
| о (o) | ⠕ | /o/ |
| ө (ö) | ⠌ | /ø/ |
| пe (pe) | ⠏ | /p/ |
| эр (er) | ⠗ | /r/ |
| эс (es) | ⠎ | /s/ |
| те (te) | ⠞ | /t/ |
| у (u) | ⠥ | /u/ |
| ү (ü) | ⠧ | /y/ |
| эф (ef) | ⠋ | /f/ |
| ха (kha) | ⠓ | /χ/, /k/ |
| це (tse) | ⠉ | /t͡s/ |
| че (che) | ⠟ | /t͡ʃ/ |
| ша (sha) | ⠱ | /ʃ/ |
| ща (shcha) | ⠭ | /ʃt͡ʃ/, /ʃː/ |
| ажыратуу белгиси (azhyratuu belgisi) | ⠷ | * |
| ы (y) | ⠮ | /ɯ/ |
| ичкертүү белгиси (ichkertüü belgisi) | ⠾ | * |
| э (e) | ⠪ | /e/ |
| ю (yu) | ⠳ | /ju/, /jy/ |
| я (ya) | ⠫ | /ja/, /jɑ/ |
Video - Kirghiz Alphabet Pronunciation by a Native Speaker
Kyrgyz Online Virtual Keyboard
Sources