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الِفـباءِ سِنڌي |
The Sindhi alphabet |
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| # | حرف | اشكـال | اِســـم | Name | Unicode | Nagari eq. | |
| 0 | ء | همزه | hamzah | U+0621 | |||
| ٔ | ـٔ | U+0654 | |||||
| 1 | ا | ا | الف | alif | U+0627 | ||
| 1a | آ | آ | الف مدّه | alif maddah | U+0622 | आ | U+0906 |
| 2 | ب | ب ب ب | بي | bē | U+0628 | ब | U+092C |
| 3 | ٻ | ٻ ٻ ٻ | ٻي | bbē | U+067B | ब॒ | U+097F |
| 4 | ڀ | ڀ ڀ ڀ | ڀي | bhē | U+0680 | भ | U+092D |
| 5 | ت | ت ت ت | تي | tē | U+062A | त | U+0924 |
| 6 | ٿ | ٿ ٿ ٿ | ٿي | thē | U+067F | थ | U+0925 |
| 7 | ٽ | ٽ ٽ ٽ | ٽي | ṭē = t.ē | U+067D | ट | U+091F |
| 8 | ٺ | ٺ ٺ ٺ | ٺي | ṭhē = t.hē | U+067A | ठ | U+0920 |
| 9 | ث | ث ث ث | ثي | sē = sē | U+062B | स | U+0938 |
| 10 | پ | پ پ پ | پي | pē | U+067E | प | U+092A |
| 11 | ج | ج ج ج | جيم | jīm | U+062C | ज | U+091C |
| 11h | جھ جھ | جهي | jhē | झ | U+091D | ||
| 12 | ڄ | ڄ ڄ ڄ | ڄي | jjē = ddžē | U+0684 | ज॒ | U+097C |
| 13 | ڃ | ڃ ڃ ڃ | ڃي | ñē | U+0683 | ञ | U+091E |
| 14 | چ | چ چ چ | چي | čē = cē | U+0686 | च | U+091A |
| 15 | ڇ | ڇ ڇ ڇ | ڇي | čhē = chē | U+0687 | छ | U+091B |
| 16 | ح | ح ح ح | وڏي حي | vaddī Hē | U+062D | ह | U+0939 |
| 17 | خ | خ خ خ | خي | xē = khē | U+062E | ख़ | U+0959 |
| 18 | د | د | دال | dāl | U+062F | द | U+0926 |
| 19 | ڌ | ڌ | ڌال | dhāl | U+068C | ध | U+0927 |
| 20 | ڏ | ڏ | ڏال ، ڏي | ddāl, ddē | U+068F | ड॒ | U+097E |
| 20a | ڎ | ڎ | ڎال ، ڎي | ddāl, ddē | U+068E | ड॒ | U+097E |
| 21 | ڊ | ڊ | ڊال ، ڊي | d.āl, d.ē | U+068A | ड | U+0921 |
| 22 | ڍ | ڍ | ڍال ، ڍي | d.hāl, d.hē | U+068D | ढ | U+0922 |
| 23 | ذ | ذ | ذال | zāl = zāl | U+0630 | ज़ | U+095B |
| 24 | ر | ر | ري | rē | U+0631 | र | U+0930 |
| 25 | ڙ | ڙ | ڙي | ṛē = r.ē | U+0699 | ड़ | U+095C |
| 25h | ڙھ ڙھ | ڙهي | ṛhē = r.hē | ढ़ | U+095D | ||
| 26 | ز | ز | زي | zē | U+0632 | ज़ | U+095B |
| 27 | س | س س س | سين | sīn | U+0633 | स | U+0938 |
| 28 | ش | ش ش ش | شين | šīn = shīn | U+0634 | श | U+0936 |
| 29 | ص | ص ص ص | صْواد | Swād | U+0635 | स | U+0938 |
| 30 | ض | ض ض ض | ضْواد | Żwād | U+0636 | ज़ | U+095B |
| 31 | ط | ط ط ط | طوئي | Tō’ē | U+0637 | त | U+0924 |
| 32 | ظ | ظ ظ ظ | ظوئي | Zō’ē | U+0638 | ज़ | U+095B |
| 33 | ع | ع ع ع | عَيْن | ‘ain | U+0639 | ||
| 34 | غ | غ غ غ | غَيْن | ğain | U+063A | ग़ | U+095A |
| 35 | ف | ف ف ف | في | fē | U+0641 | फ़ | U+095E |
| 36 | ڦ | ڦ ڦ ڦ | ڦي | phē | U+06A6 | फ | U+092B |
| 37 | ق | ق ق ق | قاف | qāf | U+0642 | क़ | U+0958 |
| 38 | ڪ | ڪ ڪ ڪ | ڪاف | kāf | U+06AA | क | U+0915 |
| 39 | ک | ک ک ک | کي | khē | U+06A9 | ख | U+0916 |
| 40 | گ | گ گ گ | گاف | gāf | U+06AF | ग | U+0917 |
| 40h | گھ گھ | گهي | ghē | घ | U+0918 | ||
| 41 | ڳ | ڳ ڳ ڳ | ڳي | ggē | U+06B3 | ग॒ | U+097B |
| 42 | ڱ | ڱ ڱ ڱ | ڱي | ŋē = ngē | U+06B1 | ङ | U+0919 |
| 43 | ل | ل ل ل | لام | lām | U+0644 | ल | U+0932 |
| 43a | لا | لا | لام الف | lām alif | ला | ||
| 44 | م | م م م | ميم | mīm | U+0645 | म | U+092E |
| 45 | ن | ن ن ن | نون | nūn | U+0646 | न | U+0928 |
| 46 | ڻ | ڻ ڻ ڻ | ڻون | ṇūn = n.ūn | U+06BB | ण | U+0923 |
| 47 | و | و | واؤ | vāō | U+0648 | व | U+0935 |
| 47a | ؤ | ؤ | واوِ مهموز | vāv-e mahmūz | U+0624 | ओ | U+0913 |
| 48 | ه | ه ه ه | ننڍي هي | nand.hī hē | U+0647 | ह | U+0939 |
| 48a | ھ | ھ ھ ھ | ننڍي هي | nand.hī hē | U+06BE | ह | U+0939 |
| 49 | ي | ي ي ي | يي | yē | U+064A | य | U+092F |
| 49a | ئ | ئ ئ ئ | همزه | hamzah | U+0626 | ||
The Sindhi alphabet consists of 49 letters with the following additions:
Symbol 0 and letter 49a denote a hiatus ‹’›.
Letter 1a denotes initial ‹ā› or medial ‹’ā›.
Letter 20a is an archaic glyph variant of letter 20.
Letter 48a forms three digraphs denoting aspirates.
Letters 3, 12, 21, 41 are written in the Devanagari script also
as geminates
ब्ब, ज्ज, ड्ड, ग्ग.
Further reading
Sindhi design guide
Perso-Arabic Standard for Information Interchange
Enabling Pakistani languages through Unicode [PDF]
Sindhi computing
Sindhi online /
Script
Andreas Prilop
25 February 2011