Zaza is written in Latin alphabet, but I'm not agree with that orthography, so I've proposed another one that is meant to be used for writing of Zaza. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.

Alfabeyê Zazaki Latinki
The Zaza Latin alphabet

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)

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Proposed letter

 Current letter

IPA

1

A a

 А а

[a]
2

B b

B b

[b]
3

C c

Ç ç

[t͡sʰ/t͡ʃʰ]
* Ċ ċ Çh çh [t͡s/t͡ʃ]
4

D d

D d

[d]
* Ḍ ḍ Dh dh [dˤ]
5

E e

 E e

[ɛ]
6 Ê ê Ê ê [e]

7

F f

 F f

[f]

8

G g

 G g

[g]

*

Ǧ ǧ

 Ğ ğ

[ʁ]

9

H h

 H h

[h]
* Ḥ ḥ 'H 'h [ħ]
10

I i

I ı

[ɨ]
11 Î î İ i [i]
12

J j

 C c

[d͡z/d͡ʒ]
13

K k

K k

[kʰ]
*

Ḳ ḳ

Kh kh

[k]
14

L l

L l

[l]
*

Ḷ ḷ

Lh lh

[ɫ]
15

M m

M m

[m]
16

N n

N n

[n]
17 O o O o [o]
* Ö ö Ö ö [ø]
18

P p

P p

[pʰ]
*

Ṗ ṗ

Ph ph

[p]
19

Q q

Q q

[q]
20

R r

R r

[r/ɾ]
21

S s

S s

[s]
* Ṣ ṣ Sh sh [sˤ]
22

Š š

Ş ş

[ʃ]
23

T t

T t

[tʰ]
* Ṫ ṫ Th th [t]
* Ṭ ṭ 'T 't [tˤ]
24 U u U u [u]
25

Û û

Û û

[uː/y]
* Ü ü Û û [y]
26

V v

 V v

[v]
27 W w W w [w]
28

X x

 X x

[χ]
29

Y y

 Y y

[j]
30

Z z

 Z z

[z]
* Ẓ ẓ Zh zh [ðˤ]
31

Ž ž

 J j

[ʒ]

*

 ʕ ʕ ' [ʕ]
*These letters are only used in words originating from foreign languages, mainly Arabic and Turkish.

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Însanî têde serbest, bara anor (heysîyet) u heqan ra têdûs yenê riyê dinya. Însanî wahêrê eqil u vicdanîê, yewbînan rê ebe biraîn u zerrewešîye ra bêrê têhet.

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