Uyghur Alphabetئۇيغۇر ئېلىپبەسى

IPA and Sound Final Medial Initial Isolated Letter Name

1 [ɑ] as a in father ئا ئا، ا ـا ، ـائ2 [æ] as a in can ـە، ـەئ ئە ئە، ە 3 [b] as b in boy ـب ـبـ بـ ب بې4 [p] as p in spot ـپ ـپـ پـ پ پې5 [t] as t in stop ـت ـتـ تـ ت تې6 [ʤ] as j in jade ـج ـجـ جـ ج جې7 [ʧ] as ch in cheer ـچ ـچـ چـ چ چې8 [x] as ch in Bach in German ـخ ـخـ خـ خ خې9 [d] as d in date ـد د د دې10 [r] as rr in Spanish perro but softer ر ـر ر رې11 [z] as z in zebra ـز ز ز زې12 [ʒ] as -sure in measure ژ ـژ ژ ژې13 [s] as s in son ـس ـسـ سـ س سې14 [ʃ] as sh in shame ـش ـشـ شـ ش شې15 [ʁ] as r in Paris in French ـغـ ـغ غـ غ غې16 [f] as f in free ـف ـفـ فـ ف فې17 [q] as q in Arabic Qatar ـق ـقـ قـ ق قې18 [k] as k in king ـكـ ـك كـ ك كې19 [ɡ] as g in game ـگـ ـگ گـ گ گې20 [ŋ] as ng in thing ـڭـ ـڭ ڭـ ڭ ڭې21 [l] as l in long ـلـ ـل لـ ل لې22 [m] as m in moon ـم ـمـ مـ م مې23 [n] as n in nose ـنـ ـن نـ ن نې24 [h] as h in behalf ـھـ ھـ ھ ھې25 [o] as o in rote ئو ئو ، و ـو ، ـوئ26 [u] as u in root ئۇ ئۇ، ۇ ـو، ـۇئ27 [ø] as ö in köpf in German ئۆ ئۆ، ۆ ـۆ ، ـۆئ 28 [y] as ü in für in German ـۈ، ـۈئ ئۈ ئۈ، ۈ29 [w] as w in wet ۋ ـۋ ۋې30 [e] as e in get ـىـې ، ـئــې ـېـ، ـئـېـ ئېـ، ېـ ئې ئې، ې31 [ı] as i in bill ـىـى ، ـئــى ئى، ى ئىـ ، ىـ ـىـ ، ـئىـ ئى32 [j] as y in yard يـ ـيـ ـىـي ي يې

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