Zazaki alphabet

The Zazaki alphabet is writing system of Zaza language which used in history and in use today. Zazaki alphabet is an alphabet derived from the Latin alphabet used for writing the Zaza language, consisting of 32 letters, seven of which (Ç, Ğ, I, İ, Ü, Ş, and Ê) have been modified from their Latin originals for the phonetic requirements of the language.^[1][2]

Letters

The letters of the Zazaki alphabet are:^[3]

Capital letters

A

B

C

Ç

D

E

Ê

F

G

Ğ

H

I

İ

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

Ş

T

U

Ü

V

W

X

Y

Z

Lower case letters

a

b

c

ç

d

e

ê

f

g

ğ

h

ı

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

r

s

ş

t

u

ü

v

w

x

y

z

History

Zazaki language was written using a Persian form of the Arabic script in Ahmad al-Hasi's work Mewlıdê Nebi (Blessing of the prophet) in 1899. After that, another Zaza writer Osman Esad Efendi wrote his work named as Biyayışê Nebi (Birth of the prophet) with Arabic script in 1903. After 1980s, American philologist C. M. Jacobson created an alphabet for Zaza language and this alphabet named as Jacobson alphabet and widely in use for Zazaki.^[4]

References

1. "Zazaki Latin alphabet". geocities.ws.
2. "azaki.de alphabet" (PDF). Keskin-Zazacadakialfabesorunu.pdf.
3. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/zazaki.htm
4. "Zazaki alphabet" (PDF). alfabezazaki.

External links

• Omniglot: Zazaki