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Alphabet Pashto

Pashto (Arabic-based)

Pashto uses a modified Arabic script with additional letters unique to Pashto sounds. It is written right-to-left and has 44 letters including retroflex and dental consonants not found in Arabic.

S'écrit de droite à gauche

Pashto Vowels

Caractère	Nom	Romanisation	Prononciation
ا	Alef	a/ā	like 'a' in 'father'
ي	Ye	i/y	like 'ee' in 'see'
و	Waw	u/w	like 'oo' in 'moon'
ۀ	He (Pashto)	e	like 'e' in 'bed'
ې	Ye (open)	e	like 'ay' in 'day'
ۍ	Ye (feminine)	ai	like 'ai' in 'aisle'
وي	Waw-Ye	ui	diphthong

Pashto Consonants

Caractère	Nom	Romanisation	Prononciation
ب	Be	b	like 'b' in 'ball'
پ	Pe	p	like 'p' in 'park'
ت	Te	t	like 't' in 'top'
ټ	Te (retroflex)	ṭ	retroflex t
ث	Se	s	like 's' in 'sun'
ج	Jim	j	like 'j' in 'jam'
ځ	Dze	dz	like 'dz' in 'adze'
چ	Che	ch	like 'ch' in 'church'
ح	He	h	pharyngeal h
خ	Khe	kh	like 'ch' in Scottish 'loch'
د	Dal	d	like 'd' in 'day'
ډ	Dal (retroflex)	ḍ	retroflex d
ذ	Zal	z	like 'z' in 'zone'
ر	Re	r	rolled r
ړ	Re (retroflex)	ṛ	retroflex r
ز	Ze	z	like 'z' in 'zone'
ژ	Zhe	zh	like 's' in 'measure'
ږ	Ghe	g/zh	voiced velar fricative
س	Sin	s	like 's' in 'sun'
ش	Shin	sh	like 'sh' in 'shoe'
ښ	Xin	x/sh	retroflex sh
ص	Sad	s	emphatic s
ض	Zad	z	emphatic z
ط	To	t	emphatic t
ظ	Zo	z	emphatic z
ع	Ain	ʿ	voiced pharyngeal
غ	Ghain	gh	like French 'r'
ف	Fe	f	like 'f' in 'fun'
ق	Qaf	q	uvular stop
ک	Kaf	k	like 'k' in 'king'
ګ	Gaf	g	like 'g' in 'go'
ل	Lam	l	like 'l' in 'love'
م	Mim	m	like 'm' in 'moon'
ن	Nun	n	like 'n' in 'no'
ڼ	Nun (retroflex)	ṇ	retroflex n
ه	He	h	like 'h' in 'hat'
ว	Waw	w	like 'w' in 'wet'

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Mots Courants Pashto

Noms, verbes et adjectifs essentiels.