Shemdinani texts (Northern Kurdish)

                    by Mulla Sa'id Herki (written ca. 1918)

                         transcribed by D. N. MacKenzie


                 Transcription and preferred alphabetical order.

For a phonemic description, v. D. N. MacKenzie, "Kurdish Dialect Studies - I,
London 1961 (reprint 1981), 30 ff., paras. 108 - 154.


a    =
A    =    a + macron
\    =    alif (for hamza)
/    =    ayn
b    =
c    =    c + hachek
d    =
E    =    e + macron
f    =
g    =
G    =    gamma (or, g + superscript point)
h    =
H    =    h + underline
i    =
I    =    i + macron
j    =    j + hachek
k    =
l    =
m    =
n    =
O    =    o + circumflex
p    =
q    =
r    =
R    =    r + macron
s    =
S    =    s + underline
$    =    s + hachek
t    =
T    =    t + underline
u    =
U    =    u + circumflex
w    =
x    =
y    =
z    =
Z    =    z + underline
%    =    z + hachek

Signs:
[ ]  reconstruction: hole in manuscript
< >  reconstruction: letter omitted in writing
{ }  Arabic or Persian text (transcription incomplete).