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Arabic script

Cyrillic (Caucasus)

Broad IPA

Latin	Arabic	Cyrillic	IPA	Notes
Vowels
a	ا	а	a	Open vowel.
e	ە	ә	ɛ	Short e.
ê	ێ	е	eː	Long e.
i	ِ	ь	ɪ	Short i; often unwritten in Arabic script.
î	ی	и	iː	Long i; Arabic ی also writes y.
o	ۆ	о	o	Rounded o.
u	و	у	ʊ	Short u; Arabic و also writes w and û.
û	وو	ӯ	uː	Long u.
Consonants
b	ب	б	b
c	ج	җ	d͡ʒ	Like j in “jam”.
ç	چ	ч	t͡ʃ	Like ch in “chair”.
d	د	д	d
f	ف	ф	f
g	گ	г	ɡ	Hard g.
h	ه	һ	h
j	ژ	ж	ʒ	Like s in “measure”.
k	ک	к	k
l	ل	л	l
m	م	м	m
n	ن	н	n
p	پ	п	p
q	ق	ԛ	q	Uvular, further back than k.
r	ر	р	r
s	س	с	s
ş	ش	ш	ʃ	Like sh in “ship”.
t	ت	т	t
v	ڤ	в	v
w	و	ԝ	w	Arabic و is shared with u.
x	خ	х	x	Like ch in “Bach”.
y	ی	й	j	Arabic ی is shared with î.
z	ز	з	z
Additional letters
ʼ	ع	ъ	ʕ	Ayn; written with an apostrophe in Latin.
ẍ	غ	г’	ɣ	Ghayn; a voiced x, in loanwords.
ḧ	ح	һ’	ħ	Pharyngeal h, in loanwords.