The World's Writing Systems

TABLE 62.1: The Persian Ahjad

LC Transliteration Transcription Isolated

Fwa/

Initial

Medial

-

[?, 0, «,

0]

1

L

-

-

b

[b]

V

(-A

•i

i^

P

[p]

V

v^

J

^

t

[t]

Cti

J

::

s

[s]

d»

Ch

J

Ji

J

[*]

^

E

>

^

ch

[tf]

E '^

E

>

Pru

h

[h,0]

C

E

>

^^

kh

[x]

t

C:

>

i-c

d

[d]

i

A

-

-

z

[z]

i

Jl

-

-

r

[r]

J

J

-

-

z

[z]

J

J

-

-

zh

[5]

J

J

-

-

s

[s]

u^

ij*

■Mf

^

sh

[J]

u^

tA

•Wf

s

[s]

u^

0^

^^

..^

z

[z]

0^

u^

^

J2

t

[t]

J.

i

i

k

z

[z]

J^

Ji

Ji

k

c

[?,0], preceding V^V:

t

£

^

A

gh

[Y]A^-V; [q, G, X]

t

6

i

A

f

m

«J

Ui

i

A

q

[q,G]

(3

J

i

i

k

[k]

J

dl

^

s;

g

[g]

J

^

?

1

1

[1]

J

s

J

JL

m

[m]

r

r

-0

■On

n

[n]

j

l>

J

•w

V

[v, u, 0,

, ow]

J

J"

-

-

h

[h, 0, e

, £e],Arab. fern, [t]

6, 6

^,:l

Jb

4

y

[J,i,e]

<J

L?

^^

-

THE WORLD'S

Edited by
Peter T. Daniels

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WRITING SYSTEMS

and
William Bright

1996

ISBN 0-19-507993-0