Pashto alphabet

Pashto alphabet
پښتوالفبې
Pəx̌tó alfbâye
The 46 Pashto alphabet shown in boxes
Script type
Time period
16th century–present
DirectionRight-to-left
Official script Afghanistan,  Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
LanguagesPashto (incl. various dialects)
Related scripts
Parent systems
 This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

The Pashto alphabet (Pashto: پښتو الفبې, romanized: Pəx̌tó alfbâye) is the right-to-left abjad-based alphabet developed from the Arabic script, used for the Pashto language in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It originated in the 16th century through the works of Pir Roshan.