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Pashto writing


Subject Linguistics

DOI: 10.1111/b.9780631214816.1999.x


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An Iranian language spoken by the Pathans of Afghanistan as well as north-western Pakistan, Pashto has been written in Arabic letters since the sixteenth century ce . In addition to the four letters added to the Arabic P ersian alphabet , the Pashto alphabet has another ten supplementary letters to accommodate Pashto sounds ( table 4 ). The resultant alphabet of 42 letters allows for a near-phonemic orthography. Table 4 Pashto letters added to the Arabic alphabet (* also in Persian) ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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