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The Pashto alphabet
پښتو
Every letter of the Pashto (Perso-Arabic) script, with its sound written out. In Bhasaly you can tap any letter to hear it — the whole chart is recorded.
Hear every letter →Vowels
8 letters. The romanization under each letter is how it sounds, not a spelling rule.
اaa / alif
وo / w
هa / h
یay
يee
ېe
ۍey (feminine)
ئey (verbal)
Consonants
36 letters, in the order the course teaches them.
بb
پp
تt
ټtt (retroflex)
ثs (loan)
جj
چch
حh (loan)
خkh
څts
ځdz
دd
ډdd (retroflex)
ذz (loan)
رr
ړrr (retroflex)
زz
ژzh
ږg (Pashto)
سs
شsh
ښx (Pashto)
صs (loan)
ضz (loan)
طt (loan)
ظz (loan)
ع(silent, loan)
غgh
فf
قq
کk
ګg
لl
مm
نn
ڼnn (retroflex)
Numerals
Digits 0-9 as they are written in Pashto.
۰0
۱1
۲2
۳3
۴4
۵5
۶6
۷7
۸8
۹9
Common questions
How many letters are in the Pashto alphabet?
This chart lists 8 vowels and 36 consonants — 44 letters in total — plus the ten numerals.
Can I hear how each Pashto letter sounds?
Yes. Open the alphabet in Bhasaly and tap any letter to play a recorded clip of its sound. No account is needed.
What is the best way to learn the Pashto (Perso-Arabic) script?
One letter at a time, with sound, then straight into real words. Bhasaly's Pashto course starts with the script and builds from there.
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