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

Pəŝto l�t�n alifbe/پښتو لاتين الفبې‎
The Pashto Latin alphabet

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

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Latin letter

Arabic letter

IPA

1

A a

اَ [a]
2 � � آ

[ɑ]

3

Ə ə اٙ [ə]

4

B b

ب

[b]

5

C c څ‎ [t͡s]/[s]
6

Č č

چ

[t͡ʃ]

7

D d

د ,ض

[d̪]

8

Ḍ ḍ ډ‎ [ɖ]

9

E e

ې

[e]

10

F f

ف

[f]/[p]

11

G g

ګ

[g]

12

Ǧ ǧ

غ

[ɣ]

13

H h

ھ ,ح

[h]

14

I i

اِ [i]

15

� � ى

[i]

16

J j

ځ

[d͡z]/[z]

17 J̌ ǰ ج [d͡ʒ]

18

K k

ک

[k]

19

L l

ل

[l]

20

M m

م

[m]

21

N n

ن

[n]

22

Ṇ ṇ ڼ‎ [ɳ]
23

O o

و‎

[o]

24

P p

پ

[p]

25

Q q

ق

[q]/[k]

26

R r

ر

[r]

27

Ṛ ṛ ړ‎ [ɻ]

28

S s

س, ث, ص

[s]

29

Š š

ش

[ʃ]

30 Ŝ ŝ ښ‎ [ʂ](S)/[�](C)/[x](N)
31

T t

ت, ط

[t̪]

32 Ṭ ṭ ټ‎ [ʈ]
33

U u

اُ

[u]

34 � � و

[u]

35

W w

و

[w]

36

X x

خ

[x]

37

Y y

ي

[j]

38

Z z

ز, ذ, ض, ظ

[z]

39

Ž ž

ژ

[ʒ]

40 Ẑ ẑ ږ‎ [ʐ](S)/[ʝ](C)/[ɡ](N)
41 ʔ ʔ ع, ا [ʔ]

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Də bašar ṭol afr�d �z�d naṛəy t� r�j� au də xaysiyat au xuq�qo l� palw� sar� bar�bar d�. Ṭol də ʔaqəl au wijd�n x�wand�n d� au yo l� bal sar� də warorəy p� r�hiye sar� b�yad čaland kəṛ�.

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