Andreas Prilop26 November 2009
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 | t.ē | U+067D | ट | U+091F |
| 8 | ٺ | ٺ ٺ ٺ | ٺي | t.hē | U+067A | ठ | U+0920 |
| 9 | ث | ث ث ث | ثي | 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 | جھي | jhē | झ | U+091D | ||
| 12 | ڄ | ڄ ڄ ڄ | ڄي | jjē | 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 | vad.d.ī 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 | ڊ | ڊ | ڊال ، ڊي | d.āl, d.ē | U+068A | ड | U+0921 |
| 21 | ڏ | ڏ | ڏال ، ڏي | d.d.āl, d.d.ē | U+068F | ड॒ | U+097E |
| 21a | ڎ | ڎ | ڎال ، ڎي | d.d.āl, d.d.ē | U+068E | ड॒ | U+097E |
| 22 | ڍ | ڍ | ڍال ، ڍي | d.hāl, d.hē | U+068D | ढ | U+0922 |
| 23 | ذ | ذ | ذال | zāl | U+0630 | ज़ | U+095B |
| 24 | ر | ر | ري | rē | U+0631 | र | U+0930 |
| 25 | ڙ | ڙ | ڙي | r.ē | U+0699 | ड़ | U+095C |
| 25h | ڙھ ڙھ | ڙھي | 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 | عَين | ‘ain | U+0639 | ||
| 34 | غ | غ غ غ | غَين | 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 | گھي | 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 | 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 ھي | 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 21a is an archaic glyph variant of letter 21.
Letter 48a forms three digraphs denoting aspirates.
Letters 3, 12, 21, 41 are written in the Devanagari script also as
ब़, ज़, ड़, ग़ or as
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
26 November 2009