| Pashto Also spelt Pakhto and Pushtu, Pashto is the language of the Pashtun or Pakhtun or Pathan people of Afghanistan and Pakistan's Northwest Frontier and Baluchistan provinces. An Iranian language related to Persian and Kurdish, Pashto retains many aspects of archaic Persian grammar and spelling. |
| Pashto
Supplements to the Perso-Arabic Alphabet |
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| Letters (Independent Forms Only) |
Pashto Names | Pronunciation |
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Té | retroflex T |
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Dzé | Dz in adze |
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Tsé | Ts as in gnats |
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Daal ("hard") |
retroflex D |
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Ré ("hard") |
retroflex R |
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Zhé (Kandahar) |
retroflex version of French J (or S in pleasure) |
| Ghé (Kabul & Peshawar) |
hard G in go | |
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Shin (Kandahar) |
retroflex Sh |
| Khin (Kabul & Peshawar) |
close
to Ch in German doch |
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Nuun ("hard") |
retroflex N |
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majhula yé |
close to diphthong in eight |
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de
taanis saqila yé |
"eille"
in French veille or equivalent to E +  in
Russian |
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de
tazkir saqila yé |
same
as above (but verbs only) |
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