This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Kalash. 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.

Kałaŝa
The Kalash Latin alphabet

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

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Latin letter

IPA

1

A a

[a]

2 � � [�]
3 A˞ a˞ [a˞]
4 �˞ �˞ [�˞]
5

B b

[b]

6 Bh bh [bʱ]
7

C c

[t͡s]

8 Ch ch [t͡sʰ]
9 Č č [t͡ʃ]
10 Čh čh [t͡ʃʰ]
11 Ĉ ĉ [t͡ʂ]
12 Ĉh ĉh [t͡ʂʰ]
13

D d

[d]

14 Dh dh [dʱ]
15 Ḍ ḍ [ɖ]
16 Ḍh ḍh [ɖʱ]
17

E e

[e]

18 Ẽ ẽ [ẽ]
19 E˞  e˞ [e˞]
20 Ẽ˞  ẽ˞ [ẽ˞]
21

G g

[g]

22 Gh gh [gʱ]
23 H h [h]
24

I i

[i]

25 Ĩ ĩ [ĩ]
26 I˞ i˞

[i˞]

27 Ĩ˞ ĩ˞ [ĩ˞]
28

J j

[d͡z]
29 J̌ ǰ [d͡ʒ]
30 J̌h ǰh [d͡ʒʱ]
31 Ĵ ĵ [d͡ʐ]
32

K k

[k]

33 Kh kh [kʰ]
34

L l

[l]

35 Ł ł [ł]
36

M m

[m]

37

N n

[n]

38 Ŋ ŋ [ŋ]
39

O o

[o]

40 � � [�]
41 O˞ o˞ [o˞]
42 �˞ �˞ [�˞]
43

P p

[p]

44 Ph ph [pʰ]
45

R r

[ɾ]

46 Ṛ ṛ [ɽ]
47

S s

[s]

48 Š š [ʃ]
49

Ŝ ŝ

[ʂ]

50

T t

[t]

51 Th th [tʰ]
52 Ṭ ṭ

[ʈ]

53 Ṭh ṭh [ʈʰ]
54

U u

[u]

55 Ũ ũ [ũ]
56 U˞ u˞ [u˞]
57 Ũ˞ ũ˞ [ũ˞]
58

W w

[w]

59

Y y

[j]

60 Z z [z]
61 � � [ʒ]
62 Ẑ ẑ [ʐ]
There would not be letters f, q, v, x, which would be replaced by ph, k, w, ks, respectively.

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