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The Pashto Alphabet: Step II Posted by Transparent Language on May 25, 2010
Let’s review the first five letters by going into detail with each of them. This will give you context as to how to use these letters for writing and reading. alef / alif : ا Transliteration: a, aa The letter “alef” is the first letter in the Pashto alphabet. It is also one of the…
Learning the Pashto Alphabet Posted by Transparent Language on May 24, 2010
The Pashto Alphabet The Pashto language is an extension of the Arabic alphabet. Pashto script always runs from right to left, the opposite of English. An important thing to remember is that most Pashto letters connect to the letters preceding and following them, just as in English cursive writing. Therefore, letters often change shape depending…
Introduction to Pashto Posted by Transparent Language on May 20, 2010
Hello, everybody! I’d like to introduce you to our brand new Pashto blog. It aims to help you learn and appreciate a language that for many is unfamiliar and intimidating. I promise you that Pashto is possible to learn. It may even be easy. But how do you know? You may have never even tried. We’ll help…