Yezidi
Script details
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| Code | Yezi |
| Script type | alphabet |
| Region | Middle Eastern |
| Status | Current |
| Direction | RTL |
| Baseline | unspecified |
| Case | unknown |
| White space | unspecified |
| Complex behaviors | |
| OpenType code | yezi |
| ISO 15924 Numeric Code / Key | 192 (right-to-left alphabetic) |
Script description
Yezidi (also spelled Yazidi) is a liturgical script used by approximately 100,000 followers of the Yezidi religion, mainly in Kurdistan but also in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and the Caucasus.
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Religious documents can be written in Kurdish or in Arabic; the Yezidi script is used for both languages.
Yezidi is an abjad; vowels are generally not written.
Languages that use this script
| Language | Writing System Code | Writing System Status | SLDR/CLDR locale | Regional variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurdish | ku-Yezi | in use | ku-Yezi-GE (Georgia) |
Unicode status
In The Unicode Standard, Yezidi script implementation is discussed in Chapter 9 Middle East-I — Modern and Liturgical Scripts
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Resources
- ScriptSource page for Yezidi - all about scripts, languages, and writing systems
- Wikipedia article on Yezidi