Solving the Issues of Kurdish Orthography according to Linguistics : the issues of the syllable level as an example

Abstract

This research is a significant attempt to identify issues within Kurdish orthography and present solutions based on linguistics principles, with the goal of unifying and Standardized the Kurdish writing language. The rules of syllable formation have a direct effect on the Kurdish script. In addition to syllables participating for word formation, syllable rules also influence how words are spelled, how words and phrases are connected, especially those words or items that are ending in vowel or semi-vowel. Consequently, the basic part of the Issues of Kurdish orthography is attributed to the Syllable rules, especially in the setting of the in phonic (w, و) and (y،ی), or adding a letter for Glottal Stop sound (ئـ) and (i). Therefore, this research falls within the boundaries of the applied linguistics and adopts a descriptive and analytical method. For this purpose, the researcher showed the theoretical aspects of the thesis in the first part. in the second part, the Issues at the Syllable level have been identified and the necessary examples of the treatments have been given. so, the content of this research comprises an introduction and two parts, Finally the results, list of sources and Abstract of the research are presented in both Arabic and English.