Kurdish phonology

This article includes the phonology of the three Kurdish languages in their respective standard descriptions.

Phonological features include the distinction between aspirated and unaspirated voiceless stops, and the large phoneme inventories.

[1][2] Kurmanji Sorani Xwarîn The vowel inventory differs by language, some languages having more vowel phonemes than others.

The vowels /iː ʊ uː ɛ eː oː ɑː/ are the only phonemes present in all three Kurdish languages.

The glides [w], [j], and [ɥ] appear in syllable onsets immediately followed by a full vowel.