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Kurdish: character repertoire and typing resources
CLDR 48.0.0 lists these exemplar characters for locale ku-Arab in Arabic. This is a repertoire, not an ordered alphabet, pronunciation guide or claim about official usage.
This code is a macrolanguage. The locale repertoire does not establish coverage for every constituent language or variety.
Why this locale matches this record
Pinned CLDR overlong language-code alias (not a deprecated-code or variety substitution)
Explicit script subtag in the source locale
Pinned commit: 4d06be52b51bb2f75688d0abe55c52a66afed790. Source SHA-256: e64667965c895ed294d7bd1b42e71a389fa7096929397ca15acde57f9bf9990f.
A cell can contain a combining mark or a multi-character string. Its inspection link opens the first code point; it does not imply the sequence is one encoded character.
Additional exemplar characters
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How can I type and display this language?
Search Keyman keyboards for Kurdish. Check the keyboard’s language, platform, layout and licence before installing.
Find a Noto font for Arabic or browse SIL fonts. These are discovery links, not verified support claims for this orthography. Glyph coverage alone does not guarantee shaping or language support.
Language-specific running-text sample: not yet available in this record. Characters above come from the cited repertoire, not a generated translation.
Source: CLDR 48.0.0, ku-Arab characters · Unicode Licence v3 · retrieved 2026-10-28. Methodology and limitations.
Descended from Nabataean Aramaic. Written right-to-left. Used for Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Uyghur, and many other languages across the Islamic world.
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