Editing Pashto Language

Pashto language is spoken in Afghanistan and north western  parts of modern Pakistan. It is written in Arabic script that is written from right to left, along with Arabic, Persian/Dari, Urdu, Balochi, Kurdish, Kashmiri, Lahnda, Sindhi, Uyghur, Berber languages, Moplah (Dialect of Malayalam), Malagasy and Sulu<ref>[http://www.basistech.com/knowledge-center/arabic/arabic-script-languages.pdf A Profile of Arabic Languages by Basis Technology]</ref>. Like Arabic and Persian and unlike Urdu vowels are marked only sporadically only to indicate pronunciation, otherwise they are omitted.

Like languages written in Arabic script, Pashto also has additional sounds that are unique to the language and these are presented by a derived form to the already existing Arabic alphabets.  It uses almost all the alphabets used in Arabic language and adds 15 more alphabets to it, 3 of which  are shared with Farsi language, these are پ چ ژ. 


The alphabets additional to Arabic<font size=""4""> ټ ښ ځ څ ڼ ګ ډ ړ ژ ږ ﺉ ې ۍ </font>are derived from arabic alphabets but dots or ring (pandak) is added to the already existing Arabic alphabets. For example Pashto letter<font size=""4""> ښ </font>(sẖeen or scheen) is derived from the Arabic letter<font size=""4""> س </font>(seen) and one dot is place above and another below the skeleton of the letter<font size=""4""> س</font>. 

* Retroflex consonants written with “pandak” (ring):<font size=""4""> ټ ڼ ډ ړ</font>
* Velar fricatives: gey <font size=""4""> ږ </font>and xin<font size=""4""<font size=""4""> ښ</font>
* Dental affricates: dz<font size=""4""> ځ </font>and ts<font size=""4""> څ</font>

<font size=""4"">ګ </font>which is equivalent to Persian<font size=""4""> گ </font>is not a retroflex consonant but is written with pandak. It has been written in both forms in the past but in modern times ګ can be identified as the Pashto Gaf.