Modern Dari Alphabet
الفبای دری
Notes:
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"Alef mad" (آ ) is considered to be
the first letter (separate from "alef") of the modern Dari alphabet by
contemporary lexicographers.
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To differentiate between the two " heys" (ح
& ه), the 32nd one (ه) is
also referred to as hey girdak in Dari. ح is the 6th
letter of the Arabic alphabet. In Dari, this letter is used to write
Arabic loan words starting with ح.
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"Hamza" (ء) is typically not included in
the Dari alphabet in school textbooks. It is an orthographic sign to denote a
glottal stop, it does not occur at the beginning of words.
Last updated on April 22, 2012 by Abdullah
Qazi
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