Yaña imlâ alphabet


Yaña imlâ was a modified variant of Arabic script that was in use for the Tatar language between 1920–1927. The orthographical reform modified İske imlâ, abolishing excess Arabic letters, adding letters for short vowels e, ı, ö, o. Yaña imlâ made use of "Arabic Letter Low Alef" to indicate vowel harmony. Arguably, Yaña imlâ had as its goal the accommodation of the alphabet to the actual Tatar pronunciation.
There were some projects that were to simplify Yaña imlâ too. The unique separated Arabic was invented. Separated Arabic was even incorporated in the early flag of Tatar ASSR, though it was not in real use.
As early as in 1924 the first projects of Latin script were introduced and in 1928 alphabet was switched to the Latin Yañalif alphabet.
ZamanälifIsolatedFinalMedialInitialJaꞑalifModern Cyrillic Tatar alphabetNotes
aaа
äəә
ppп
bʙб
ttт
cçҗ
çcч
xxх
ddд
rrр
zzз
jƶж
ssс
şşш
ğƣгAlternative Cyrillic transcription: ғ
ffф
qqкAlternative Cyrillic transcription: қ
kkк
ggг
ñңInitial form not used due to the absence of as an initial consonant
llл
mmм
nnн
wvвAlternative Cyrillic transcription: ў
yjй
i, íi, ьjи, ый for í
for i
u, üu, yу, ү for u
for ü
o, öo, ɵо, ө for o
for ö
ı, eь, eы, е for ı
for e
hhһ