Alphabet And Pronunciation

Pashto uses the Perso-Arabic script, which is written from right to the left. There are 10 additional letters representing the unique sounds in Pashto: ټ [ttay], ڂ [dzay], څ [tsay], ډ [ddaal], ړ [rray], ږ [gay], ښ [kheen], ڼ [nnoon], ې [majhula-yaa], ۍ [zwarakai-wala-yaa]. The symbol below some letters represents the cerebral and retroflex sounds. (See Consonants .)

Alphabet:

ا	alef
ب	bay
پ	pay
ت	tay
ټ	ttay
ث	say
ج	jeem
چ	chay
ڂ	dzay
څ	tsay
ح	hay-halwa
خ	khay
د	daal
ډ	ddaal
ذ	zaal
ر	ray
ړ	rray
ز	zay
ژ	zhay
ږ	gay
س	seen
ش	sheen
ښ	kheen
ص	suwaat
ض	zuwaat
ط	toy
ظ	zoy
ع	ayn
غ	ghayn
ف	fay
ق	qaaf
ک	kaaf
گ	gaaf
ل	laam
م	meem
ن	noon
ڼ	nnoon
و	wow
ه	hay / gerda-hay
ی	narma-yaa
ې	majhula-yaa
ۍ	zwarakai-wala-yaa
ي	tsarganda-yaa
ئ	hamza-wala-yaa