This is a proposed orthography that is meant to be used for writing of Burushaski. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.

Burū́šaskī/بروشسکی
The Burushaski Latin alphabet

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)

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Proposed letter

IPA

1

A a

[ə]

2

Ā ā [a]

3

B b

[b]

4 C c [t͡s]

5

Ch ch [t͡sʰ]
6

Ĉ ĉ

[ʈ͡ʂ]

7

Ĉh ĉh [ʈ͡ʂʰ]

8

Ć ć [t͡ɕ]

9

Ćh ćh [t͡ɕʰ]

10

D d

[d]

11

Ḍ ḍ [ɖ]

12

E e

[ɛ]

13

Ē ē [e]

14

G g

[g]

15

Ƣ ƣ

[ʁ]

16

H h

[h]

17

I i

[ɪ]

18

Ī ī [i]
19

J j

[d͡ʑ]

20

Ĵ ĵ [ɖ͡ʐ]

21

K k

[k]

22

Kh kh [kʰ]

23

L l

[l]

24

M m

[m]

25

N n

[n]

26

Ŋ ŋ [ŋ]

27

O o [ɔ]
28 Ō ō [o]
29

P p

[p]

30 Ph ph [pʰ~p͡f~f]
31

Q q

[q]

32 Qh qh [qʰ~q͡χ~χ]
33

R r

[r]

34 Ṛ ṛ [ɻ]

35

S s

[s]

36

Ŝ ŝ

[ʂ]

37 Ś ś

[ɕ]

38

T t

[t]

39 Th th [tʰ]
40 Ṭ ṭ [ʈ]
41 Ṭh ṭh [ʈʰ]
42 U u [ʊ]
43

Ū ū

[u]

44 W w [w]
45

Y y

[j]

46

Z z

[z]

There would not be letters f, v, x, which would be replaced by ph, b, ks, respectively.
Stress vowels are marked with an acute accent (á)

Text example
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