اړيـــــــــكې

د تل افغان لومړۍ پاڼه

لـــومــړۍ پــاڼه

By:M.A.Numyalai

English Symbols for Pashto Script

My revised version for the Pashto sound symbols in keyboard of the English computer

Please computerise it in your ordinary chatting!

My chosen symbols for the voiced and voiceless Pashto consonants

A/A   B/b   P/p   Th/th   T/t   C/c   J/j   Ch/ch   Dz/dz   Ts/ts   H/h   Kh/kh  

D/d   Dh/dh   ZZ/zz  R/r   Rh/rh   Z/z   Zh/zh   Z:/z:   S/s   Sh/sh   S:/s:  

SS/ss   Sz/sz   Tw/tw   Zw/zw   Ah/ah   Gh/gh   F/f   Q/q   K/k   G/g   L/l  

M/m   N/n   Nr/nr   W/w   X/x   Y/y       

My chosen symbols for the classified Pashto vowels

1. Special

! (exclamation mark for high pitch) See in the examples: b!b! (father)

m!m! (uncle)

2. Single

For zwar  is  -a- as in  shal (lame)

For zwarakai is -e- as in shel (twenty)

For zi:r is  -i: as in ti:r (past)

For zi:rakai is -i-  as in tir (beam)

For pi:s: is -o- as  in nor (more)

For pi:s:akai is -u- as in nur (light)

3. Double known as diphthong

For zwar + zi:rakai is -ai- as in shai (thing)

For zwarakai + zi:rakai is ei as in pei (milk)

TAMRINUNE

De sambulunu  Aaw z:eghunu de paiwand de pare yaw tso Ps:to tamrini jumli:

!   A! b!b!, A!agh!, A!m!m!---Me kewax pe chA!, chi we be si pe t!

  Zwar a

Xaghe serhai pe ps:o shal dei.  Pe kez:dei ki Aor bal dei. 

De semander pe tal ki de chungas:anu ghobal dei.

Zwarakai e

Zmuz: kere perun shel tena mi:lm!ne r!gheli we. Duy yaw Aaw bel te pe s:e sterge ketele. Tel ter telle pur khpullu m!shum!nu b!ndi p!m kewai.

Zi:r i:

Ti:r pur ti:r , xi:r pur xi:r.

De xari wrazi le ti:ri:do sare de zam!ni: pi:r xem badli:z:I

Zi:rekai  i

De ml! tir mi khuz:iz:i.  

Xaghe bakhtawer wi, chi pir ye zorewer wi.

Pi:s: o

Nor no st!si jorhty! ghw!rhem. Xar lor te chi dzi:,kh!liq mu mal se.

Pi:s:ekai u

De lmar nur de zhwand de pare szeruri dei.

Zm! xare lur Aaw lmesai kem!ld!rede.

Zwar + Zi:rakai  ai

Xar shai chi mu pe k!r wi, m!te ye welikai.

Zhai xghe de Auzgerhi post dei chi keliw!l Aube peks:i s!ti.

Charsy!n w!yi, de mor tai dei - y! de chilem nai dei

Dai Aos khwer! pe dap ki dei.

Zwarakai + Zi:rakai  ei

Zmuz: dzini keliw!l shidi: (milk) pei boli Aaw xagei (egg) wei boli.

Bad khore shai kuchny!n khei boli.

Notes for consideration

1. My first design for the Pashto sounds in English alphabet should be ignored and replaced by the revised one as mentioned above.

2. Zwarakai in Pashto is a particular vowel sound which is usually hard for some Persian speakers to pronounce it properly. Therefore, in teaching Pashto a special attention to this fact is needed to be paid.

3. Here is my great pleasure to dedicate this revised design to my dear granddaughters Fahima and Rehana whose effective technical instructions on lines enabled me to prepare it on the computer screen.