The Kazakh Latin alphabet
Latin | Sound |
---|---|
A a | [a] |
Á á | [ә] |
B b | [б] |
D d | [д] |
E e | [е] |
F f | [ф] |
G g | [г] |
Ǵ ǵ | [ғ] |
H h | [х], [һ] |
I i | [i] |
I ı | [и],[й] |
J j | [ж] |
K k | [к] |
L l | [л] |
M m | [м] |
N n | [н] |
Ń ń | [ң] |
O o | [о] |
Ó ó | [ө] |
P p | [п] |
Q q | [қ] |
R r | [р] |
S s | [с] |
T t | [т] |
U u | [ұ] |
Ú ú | [ү] |
V v | [в] |
Y y | [ы] |
Ý ý | [у] |
Z z | [з] |
Sh sh | [ш] |
Ch ch | [ч] |
The Kazakh Latin alphabet has 32 letters.
Vowels in the Kazakh language: a, á, ı, o, ó, e, ý, ú, u, i
hard: a, o, u, ý (barý), y, i
soft: á, ó, ú, i, e, ı, ý (kelý)
open: a, ó, o, e
narrow: y, ı, ú, u
Consonant sounds: b, v, g, ǵ, d, j, z, k, q, l, m, n, ń, p, r, s, t, ý, f, һ, s, ch, sh
voiceless: p, f, k, q, t, s, sh, һ, s, ch
voiced: b, v, g, ǵ, d, z, j
sonorant: r, l, ý (taý), m, n, ń
In the Kazakh language, there are nine specific sounds that are not present in English:
á, ó, ú, u, i, q, ǵ, ń, һ