Pashto alphabet

Pashto alphabet
پښتوالفبې
*Pəx̌tó alfbâye*
Pashto alphabet; پښتوالفبې; Pəx̌tó alfbâye
	The 46 Pashto alphabet shown in boxes
Script type	Abjad
Time period	16th century–present
Direction	Right-to-left
Official script	Afghanistan, Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Languages	Pashto (incl. various dialects)
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian hieroglyphs Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic Nabataean Arabic Perso-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 Perso-Arabic script, used for the Pashto language in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It originated in the 16th century through the works of Pir Roshan.