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Pashto alphabet information


Pashto alphabet
پښتوالفبې
Pəx̌tó alfbâye
The 46 Pashto alphabet shown in boxes
Script type
Abjad
Time period
16th century–present
DirectionRight-to-left
Official scriptPashto alphabet Afghanistan
LanguagesPashto (incl. various dialects)
Related scripts
Parent systems
Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • Proto-Sinaitic
    • Phoenician
      • Aramaic
        • Nabataean
          • Arabic
            • Pashto alphabet
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The Pashto alphabet (Pashto: پښتو الفبې, romanized: Pəx̌tó alfbâye) is the right-to-left abjad-based alphabet developed from the Arabic script, used for the Pashto language in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It originated in the 16th century through the works of Pir Roshan.

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