The table below provides a side-by-side character mapping of the 9 native Kazakh phonemes across Cyrillic, Arabic (Tote Jazu), and standard Latin scripts:
Core Vowels & Consonants Table
| IPA Phoneme | Cyrillic Script | Arabic Script (Tote Jazu) | Latin Script | Phonetic Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /æ/ | Ә ә | ءا / ە | Ä ä | Open front unrounded vowel |
| /ʁ/ | Ғ ғ | ع | Ġ ġ | Voiced velar fricative |
| /q/ | Қ қ | ق | Q q | Voiceless uvular plosive |
| /ŋ/ | Ң ң | ң | Ń ń | Velar nasal sound |
| /ɵ/ | Ө ө | ءو / ۆ | Ö ö | Open-mid front rounded vowel |
| /ʊ/ | Ұ ұ | و | U u | Near-close back rounded vowel |
| /ʉ/ | Ү ү | ءو / ү | Ü ü | Close front rounded vowel |
| /h/ | Һ һ | ھ | H h | Voiceless glottal fricative |
| /ɘ/ | І і | ءى / ى | I i | Close front unrounded vowel |
Note: In the Kazakh Arabic script (Tote Jazu), front vowels are designated using an initial harmonic diacritic mark (Dayekshe / ء) at the start of the word.
Last updated: 2026-08-01 13:40