Languages Using The Perso-Arabic Script
Current Use
- Azerbaijani (Iran)
- Balochi
- Brahui
- Dari (Eastern Persian)
- Gilaki
- Kashmiri
- Kazakh In China and Iran
- Kurdish (Kurmanji dialect in Iran and Iraq, Soranî dialect)
- Kyrgyz in China and Afghanistan
- Laki
- Luri
- Pashto language
- Marwari also known as Rajasthani
- Mazandarani
- Persian, except when it appears as Tajik
- Western Punjabi (Shahmukhi script)
- Qashqai
- Sindhi
- Saraiki
- Tajik in Afghanistan by ethnic Tajiks
- Turkmen in İran and Afghanistan
- Urdu
- Burushaski
- Uzbek in China and Afghanistan
- Uyghur (used different writing systems, cf. Uyghur alphabet)
- Chinese Xiaoerjin, a modified Perso Arabic script
Former Use
A number of languages have used the Perso-Arabic script before, but have since changed.
- Azerbaijani in the Republic of Azerbaijan (changed first to Latin, then Cyrillic, and switched back to Latin recently)
- Chaghatay Turkic (changed first to Latin, then Cyrillic)
- Kazakh in the Republic of Kazakhstan (changed first to Latin, then Cyrillic)
- Kyrgyz in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan (changed first to Latin, then Cyrillic)
- Turkish (changed to Latin)
- Tajik in the Republic of Tajikistan (changed first to Latin, then Cyrillic)
- Turkmen in the Republic of Turkmenistan (changed first to Latin, then Cyrillic, and switched back to Latin recently)
- Uzbek in the Republic of Uzbekistan (changed first to Latin, then Cyrillic, and switched back to Latin recently)
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