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  • The Pashtun written language is from the Arabic alphabet.

    Pashto employs the Pashto alphabet, a modified form of the Persian alphabet which on its part is derived from the Arabic alphabet. It has extra letters for Pashto-specific sounds. Since the 17th century Pashto has been primarily written in the Naskh script, rather than the Nasta'liq script used for neighboring Persian and Urdu languages. The Pashto alphabet consists of 45 letters, and 4 diacritic marks. The following table gives the letters' isolated forms, along with IPA values for the letters' typical sounds:
    ا
    /ɑ, ʔ/ب
    /b/پ
    /p/ت
    /t̪/ټ
    /ʈ/ث
    /s/ج
    /d͡ʒ/ځ
    /d͡z/چ
    /t͡ʃ/څ
    /t͡s/ح
    /h/خ
    /x/د
    /d̪/ډ
    /ɖ/ﺫ
    /z/ﺭ
    /r/ړ
    /ɺ̢, ɻ/ﺯ
    /z/ژ
    /ʒ/ږ
    /ʐ, ʝ, ɡ/س
    /s/ش
    /ʃ/ښ
    /ʂ, รง, x/ص
    /s/ض
    /z/ط
    /t̪/ظ
    /z/ع
    /ʔ/غ
    /ɣ/ف
    /f/ق
    /q/ك / ک
    /k/ګ
    /ɡ/ل
    /l/م
    /m/ن
    /n/ڼ
    /ɳ/و
    /w, u, o/ه
    /h, a, ə/ۀ
    /ə/ي
    /j, i/ې
    /e/ى
    /ai, j/ۍ
    /əi/ئ
    /əi/
    Pashto is written from right to left.
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    *You cannot climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets*

    Originally posted by Karachi
    like I said, there was only one reason I pretended to be pathan, for a girl, who was from Afghan forums and also registered here

  • #2
    can you give us any info on what script or alphabets we used before Arabic?
    Pre islamic era?
    thanks

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