Kurdish in Arabic, Latin or Cyrilic Script?

[Johny Bravo]

i hate the arabic script, why the sorani kurds not use the latin script?

[Diri]

i hate the arabic script, why the sorani kurds not use the latin script?

Just a (very) bad habit...


And it's very annoying indeed...

[BARBARROSA]

i hate the arabic script, why the sorani kurds not use the latin script?

because the latin script is western?

[Diri]

i hate the arabic script, why the sorani kurds not use the latin script?

because the latin script is western?

That's a realy bad reason to switch over to Latin Script... Don't you think?

But instead let me give some arguments for why the KRG should switch over to the Latin Script:


1) The Latin Script is the one used in technology and in the greater economies of the world - although local variants of products can be produced with Arabic script as well, they are rarely comprehensive in structure.

a) Switching to the Latin Script will make technology much more easily accessable for Kurdish speakers.

b) Switching to the Latin Script will enhance ties between Kurdistan and Europe in economic terms - making it much easier for the Western investors to adjust to our realities.


2) The Latin Script is used in writing English - which is the lingua franca of the world + German, French and Spanish - which are all recognized as important languages.

a) Switching to the Latin Script will make it much easier for Kurdish children to learn English, German, French, Spanish and other important languages - used in buisness and world organs such as the UN (with it's many branches), NATO etc.

b) Switching to the Latin Script will make Kurdish much more available to the outside world and will make it easier for other users of the Latin Script to learn Kurdish - and mostly the entire world, since most make an effort at learning English, French, Spanish or German as a second language.

c) On an academic level, one would enhance ties to the developed countries of the world. The plentiful resources of French, English, German and Spanish literature would be a positive influence in developing a strong Kurdish literature. As of today, in using mostly Arabic sources, Kurdish students living in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq will continue being handicaped by the inanimate and restricted Arab literary traditions. (Wide spread: Conservatism + Islamism + Ignorance etc.)


3) The first alphabet and literature of Kurdish was written in the Latin Script.

a) Before there were any Arabic-Kurdish or Cyrillic-Kurdish scripts, there was a Latin-Kurdish Script and alphabet.


And why the KRG shouldn't switch over to the Latin Script:

1) There is Kurdish literature and literary traditions in Arabic-Kurdish Script.

a) There are many books in Arabic-Kurdish Script and a moderately developed literature.


2) Switching from Arabic Script to the Latin Script may be interpreted as an act of treason/separatism by the Iraqis/Iraqi government.

a) The point is self-explanatory...

[Vladimir]

And Latin script is adapted to "Indo-European" languages.

[Piling]

At least; KRG could impose in schools that pupils learn both alphabet and teach both kurmancî and soranî also...

[proudkurd]

At least; KRG could impose in schools that pupils learn both alphabet and teach both kurmancî and soranî also...

Yeah, my cousins in Kurdistan were taught both Latin and Arabic scripts..

It's hard; you can't expect all of Kurdistan to use JUST the Latin or Arabic scripts..

[Feyli_kord]

I favour latin script since it's much easier and universal!. Beside's it's closer related to kurdish then arabic.

[Diri]

I favour latin script since it's much easier and universal!. Beside's it's closer related to kurdish then arabic.

Yes, it should be as simple as that! *thumbs up*

Besides - technology is made for the Latin script - it's very impractical to have the Arabic script for several other reasons too, as I have listed above...