Kyrgyz 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
- The Arabic script is officially used in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the People's Republic of China in the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
- Kyrgyz Braille
Although the Latin script is not in official use, some Kyrgyz texts are written in the Turkish variant of the Latin alphabet, and uses Turkish spelling norms e.g. for diphthongization. Native Kyrgyz sound values are almost identical to Turkish, the exceptions being the velar nasal /ŋ/ and the voiceless uvular stop /q/ which do not exist in Turkish. In these cases they are written as "ñ" and "q" respectively.
Correspondence chart
Correspondence chart of four Kyrgyz alphabets: the Kyrgyz Cyrillic and Kyrgyz Braille alphabets used in Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz Latin alphabet used 1928–1938 in Kyrgyzstan and the Kyrgyz Arabic alphabet used in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang, China.| Cyrillic | Name | Braille | Arabic | Transliteration | Transliteration | Latin | IPA transcription |
| А а | а | ا | A a | A a | A a | ||
| Б б | бе | ب | B b | B b | B ʙ | ||
| В в | ве | ۋ | V v | V v | V v | ||
| Г г | ге | گ ع* | G g | G g, Ğ ğ | G g, Ƣ ƣ | ||
| Д д | де | د | D d | D d | D d | ||
| Е е | e | ە | E e | E e | E e | ||
| Ё ё | ё | ي+و | Yo yo | Yo yo | Jo jo | ||
| Ж ж | же | ج | J j | J j | Ç ç | , both and since 1938 | |
| З з | зе | ز | Z z | Z z | Z z | ||
| И и | и | ى | I i | İ i | I i | ||
| Й й | ий | ي | Y y | Y y | J j | ||
| К к | кa | ك ق* | K k | K k, Q q | K k, Q q | ||
| Л л | эл | ل | L l | L l | L l | ||
| М м | эм | م | M m | M m | M m | ||
| Н н | эн | ن | N n | N n | N n | ||
| Ң ң | ың | ڭ | Ng ng | Ñ ñ | Ꞑ ꞑ | ||
| О о | о | و | O o | O o | O o | ||
| Ө ө | ө | ۅ | Ö ö | Ö ö | Ɵ ɵ | ||
| П п | пe | پ | P p | P p | P p | ||
| Р р | эр | ر | R r | R r | R r | ||
| С с | эс | س | S s | S s | S s | ||
| Т т | те | ت | T t | T t | T t | ||
| У у | у | ۇ | U u | U u | U u | ||
| Ү ү | ү | ۉ | Ü ü | Ü ü | Y y | ||
| Ф ф | эф | ف | F f | F f | F f | ||
| Х х | ха | ح | H h | X x | H h | ||
| Ц ц | це | Yu yu | Yu yu | Ju ju | |||
| Я я | я | ي+ا | Ya ya | Ya ya | Ja ja |
The letter H is not present in the Kyrgyz alphabet. Instead, it was replaced by a mute sound.
- 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.
Text sample
| Kyrgyz in Cyrillic script | Kyrgyz in Arabic script | Transliteration | Kyrgyz in Latin script | IPA transcription | English |
| Бардык адамдар өз беделинде жана укуктарында эркин жана тең укуктуу болуп жаралат. Алардын аң-сезими менен абийири бар жана бири-бирине бир туугандык мамиле кылууга тийиш. | باردىق ادامدار ۅز بەدەلىندە جانا ۇقۇقتارىندا ەركىن جانا تەڭ ۇقۇقتۇۇ بولۇپ جارالات. الاردىن اڭ-سەزىمى مەنەن ابئيىرى بار جانا بئرى-بئرىنە بئر تۇۇعاندىق مامئلە قىلۇۇعا تئيىش. | Bardıq adamdar öz bedelinde jana uquqtarında erkin jana teñ uquqtuu bolup jaralat. Alardın añ-sezimi menen abiyiri bar jana biri-birine bir tuuğandıq mamile qıluuğa tiyiş. | Bardьq adamdar ɵz ʙedelinde çana uquqtarьnda erkin çana teᶇ uquqtuu ʙolup çaralat. Alardьn aᶇ‑sezimi menen aʙijiri ʙar çana ʙiri‑ʙirine ʙir tuuƣandьq mamile qьluuƣa tijiş. | bɑrd̪ɯχ ɑd̪ɑmd̪ɑr øz bed̪elind̪e d͡ʒɑnɑ uquχt̪ɑrɯnd̪ɑ erkin d͡ʒɑnɑ t̪eŋ uχuqt̪uː boɫup d͡ʒɑrɑɫɑt̪. ɑɫɑrd̪ɯn ɑɴ-sezimi menen ɑbijiri bɑr d͡ʒɑnɑ biri-birine bir t̪uːʁɑnd̪ɯχ mɑmilje qɯɫuːʁɑ t̪ijiʃ. | All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. |
Arabic
| Name in Kyrgyz | Transliteration | IPA | Final | Medial | Initial | Isolated |
| a | ﺎ | ﺎ | ا | |||
| b | ﺐ | ﺒ | ﺑ | ﺏ | ||
| p | ﭗ | ﭙ | ﭙ | پ | ||
| n | ﻦ | ﻨ | ﻧ | ﻥ | ||
| t | ﺖ | ﺘ | ﺗ | ﺕ | ||
| j | ﺞ | ﺠ | ﺟ | ﺝ | ||
| č / ch | ﭻ | ﭽ | ﭼ | ﭺ | ||
| ĥ / x | ﺢ | ﺤ | ﺣ | ﺡ | ||
| f | ﻒ | ﻔ | ﻓ | ﻑ | ||
| q | ﻖ | ﻘ | ﻗ | ﻕ | ||
| ġ | ﻊ | ﻌ | ﻋ | ﻉ | ||
| k | ﮏ | ﮑ | ﮐ | ک | ||
| g | ﮓ | ﮕ | ﮔ | گ | ||
| ṅ / ng | ڭ | |||||
| l | ﻞ | ﻠ | ﻟ | ﻝ | ||
| m | ﻢ | ﻤ | ﻣ | ﻡ | ||
| o | ﻮ | ﻮ | و | و | ||
| ö / oe | ۅ | |||||
| u | ۉ | |||||
| ü | ﯗ | |||||
| v | ﯞ | |||||
| s | ﺲ | ﺴ | ﺳ | ﺱ | ||
| š / sh | ﺶ | ﺸ | ﺷ | ﺵ | ||
| d | ﺪ | ﺪ | ﺩ | ﺩ | ||
| r | ﺮ | ﺮ | ﺭ | ﺭ | ||
| z | ﺰ | ﺰ | ﺯ | ﺯ | ||
| e | ﻪ | ﻬ | ﻫ | ﻩ | ||
| ı | - | ﻯ | ||||
| o | ﯗﺀ | |||||
| i | ﻰﺋ | |||||
| y | ي | ﻴ | ﻳ | ﻲ | ||
| i/ı | ﻯ | ﻯ | ||||
| - | ء | |||||