Yaña imlâ
Script type with some elements of an abjad
Time period
1920 to 1928
LanguagesTatar, Bashkir
Related scripts
Parent systems
Cover page of Tatar Yana imla book, printed with Separated Arabic script in 1924
Tatar book from 1925 written in the Yaña imlâ showing use of "Arabic Letter Low Alef" to designate vowel harmony

Yaña imlâ (Yaña imlâ: ياڭا ئيملە, Tatar: Яңа имля, pronounced [jʌˈŋɑ imˈlʲæ], lit. "New orthography") was a modified variant of Arabic script that was in use for the Tatar language between 1920 and 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 (so as to use typewriters). 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 CyrillicNotes
AaئاـاائاAaАа
ÄäئەـەـەئەӘəӘә
PpپـپـپـپـPpПп
BbبـبـبـبـВʙБб
TtتـتـتـتـTtТт
CcجـجـجـجـÇçҖҗ
ÇçچـچـچـچـCcЧч
XxحـحـحـحـXxХх
DdدـدـددDdДд
RrرـرـررRrРр
ZzزـزـززZzЗз
JjژـژـژژƵƶЖж
SsسـسـسـسـSsСс
ŞşشـشـشـشـŞşШш
ĞğعـعـعـعـƢƣГъ гъAlternative Cyrillic transcription: Ғғ
FfفـفـفـفـFfФф
QqقـقـقـقـQqКъ къAlternative Cyrillic transcription: Ққ
KkکـکـکـکـKkКк
GgگـگـگـگـGgГг
ÑñڭـڭـڭـڭـŊŋҢң
LlلـلـلـلـLlЛл
MmمـمـمـمـMmМм
NnنـنـنـنـNnНн
WwوـوـووVvВвAlternative Cyrillic transcription: Ўў
YyیـىـیـیـJjЙй
Ii, ÍíئیـىـیـئیـІi, ьjИи, ыйࢭئی for Íí
ئی for Ii
Uu, ÜüئوـوـوئوUu, YyУу, Үүࢭئو for u
ئو for Üü
Oo, ÖöئۇـۇـۇئۇOo, ӨɵОо, Өөࢭئۇ for Oo
ئۇ for Öö
Iı, EeئـئـئـئـЬь, EeЫы, Ееࢭئـ for Iı
ئـ for Ee
HhهـهـهـهـHhҺһAlternative Cyrillic transcription: Ҳҳ

See also

Sources

    • "Arabic alphabet". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
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