These are the rules concerning transliteration in Pashto entries.
This system of transliteration was designed specifically for Wiktionary in an attempt to find the most neutral ground between the different dialects of Pashto.
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| ا | ب | پ | ت | ټ | ث | ج | ځ | چ | څ | ح | خ | د | ډ | ذ | ر | ړ | ز | ژ | ږ | س | ش | ښ |
| a, ā | b | p | t | ṭ | s | j | ź | č | ś | h | x | d | ḍ | z | r | ṛ | z | ž | ǵ | s | š | x̌ |
| [a] [ɑ] [ʔ] | [b] | [p] | [t̪] | [ʈ] | [s] | [dʒ] | [dz] | [tʃ] | [ts] | [h] | [x] | [d̪] | [ɖ] | [z] | [r] | [ɽ] | [z] | [ʒ] | N: [ɡ] C: [ʝ] S: [ʐ] |
[s] | [ʃ] | N: [x] C: [ç] S: [ʂ] |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | |
| ص | ض | ط | ظ | ع | غ | ف | ق | ک | ګ | ل | م | ن | ڼ | و | ه | ۀ | ي | ې | ی | ۍ | ئ | |
| s | z | t | z | ` | ǧ | f | q | k | g | l | m | n | ṇ | w, u, o | h, a, ə | ə | i, y | e | ay | əi | əi, y | |
| [s] | [z] | [t̪] | [z] | [ʔ] | [ɣ] | [f] | [q] | [k] | [ɡ] | [l] | [m] | [n] | [ɳ] | [w] [u] [o] | [h] [a] [ə] | [ə] | [i] [j] | [e] | [ai] | [əi] | [əi] [j] |