Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji
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The Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji is a Latin-based writing system developed in the 20th century that has become the dominant orthography for the Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish, especially in Turkey and Syria.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1472897 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji Context triple: [Kurdish language, writingStandard, Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji]
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A.
Ruqʿah script
Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
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B.
Arabic alphabet
The Arabic alphabet is a cursive, right-to-left abjad script used across the Arab world and adapted for many other languages, including Persian, Urdu, and Pashto.
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C.
Perso-Arabic script
The Perso-Arabic script is a modified form of the Arabic writing system, expanded with additional letters and conventions to represent the sounds of Persian and several other languages across the Middle East and South Asia.
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D.
Takri script
The Takri script is an abugida historically used in the western Himalayas, particularly in regions of present-day Himachal Pradesh and Jammu, to write several Indo-Aryan languages such as Dogri and Jaunsari.
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E.
Armenian alphabet
The Armenian alphabet is a unique script created in the early 5th century by Mesrop Mashtots to write the Armenian language and is a key symbol of Armenian cultural and national identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji Target entity description: The Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji is a Latin-based writing system developed in the 20th century that has become the dominant orthography for the Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish, especially in Turkey and Syria.
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A.
Ruqʿah script
Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
-
B.
Arabic alphabet
The Arabic alphabet is a cursive, right-to-left abjad script used across the Arab world and adapted for many other languages, including Persian, Urdu, and Pashto.
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C.
Perso-Arabic script
The Perso-Arabic script is a modified form of the Arabic writing system, expanded with additional letters and conventions to represent the sounds of Persian and several other languages across the Middle East and South Asia.
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D.
Takri script
The Takri script is an abugida historically used in the western Himalayas, particularly in regions of present-day Himachal Pradesh and Jammu, to write several Indo-Aryan languages such as Dogri and Jaunsari.
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E.
Armenian alphabet
The Armenian alphabet is a unique script created in the early 5th century by Mesrop Mashtots to write the Armenian language and is a key symbol of Armenian cultural and national identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin-based orthography
ⓘ
alphabet ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWithPublication | Hawar magazine ⓘ |
| basedOn | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| designedFor | representing Kurdish phonemes in Kurmanji ⓘ |
| developedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| dialect | Kurmanji ⓘ |
| dominantOrthographyFor |
Kurmanji in Syria
ⓘ
Kurmanji in Turkey ⓘ |
| excludesLetter |
Q
ⓘ
W ⓘ X ⓘ |
| hasCaseDistinction | uppercase and lowercase ⓘ |
| hasLetterCount | 31 ⓘ |
| includesLetter |
Ç
ⓘ
Ê ⓘ Î ⓘ Û ⓘ Ş ⓘ |
| language | Kurdish ⓘ |
| orthographicType | phonemic orthography ⓘ |
| orthographyStatus | dominant for Kurmanji in Latin script ⓘ |
| primaryRegionOfUse |
Syria
ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ diaspora communities ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Latin ⓘ |
| scriptType | Latin script ⓘ |
| standardFor |
Kurmanji Kurdish publications in Syria
ⓘ
Kurmanji Kurdish publications in Turkey ⓘ |
| supportsPhonologyOf |
Kurmanji
ⓘ
surface form:
Kurmanji Kurdish
|
| usedFor | Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish ⓘ |
| usedInMedium |
digital text
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| usesDiacritics | yes ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji Description of subject: The Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji is a Latin-based writing system developed in the 20th century that has become the dominant orthography for the Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish, especially in Turkey and Syria.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.