Burushãski Alphabet - Roman/latin Keyboard Help
Please use the keyboard as you would use any other American English keyboard except for pronunciation unique to
Burushãski, Shina and Khowar. Following is the chart you can use as a guidance for writing in Burushãski. The keyboard
is designed and developed after careful consideration of the linguistic context in which burusho people live.
This means the proposed alphabets would not only be easy for burusho speakers to write but they are common to
Urdu, Shina and Khowar speakers. While IPA standards are excellent for academia and language professionals, this
keyboard and the proposed alphabets are for the common people to communicate.
Key Combinations | Output/Symbol |
Word |
gloss/meaning |
Sentence |
aa |
ã |
sãtik |
yesterday |
né sãtik akho dǐm bam |
a |
a |
bar |
word, gorge |
güćé bo bar an ďuwa ka sén. |
i |
i |
ikhar |
himself/itself |
né ikhar aj ďéephoghorini |
ii |
ǐ |
ǐlji |
after |
ja ǐlji gogha siýam. |
e |
e |
ťerék |
white poplar |
ťerék ajo ghosanum maýimi. |
e' |
é |
éť |
do |
ďoro éť. |
e'e |
ée |
éeť |
make it done |
né ďewaqal ďoro éeť |
o |
o |
opái |
with them, near them |
wé opai béska api. |
o' |
õ |
õsén |
teach them |
ghéýu gha sabaq õsén. |
u u |
ũ |
bũm |
(of a liquid) thick |
chai ajo bũm mani. |
u . |
ü |
büm |
(sh) was |
Mo akho büm. |
k k |
ǩh |
ǩhaŝh |
till, until |
akho ǩhãŝh ďãýamam. |
s ' |
ŝh |
ŝhapik |
food, bread |
paqo ŝhéh |
jj |
ǰ |
ǰakun |
donkey |
ǰakun ďiýa. |
Jj |
ǰ |
ǰakun |
donkey |
|
gg |
ǧ |
phainǧ |
lie |
phainǧ aýéť. |
l' |
ļ |
ļamãn |
the hanging flap of shirt/kamiz |
ļamãn će ďohon. |
L' |
Ļ |
Ļamãn |
the hanging flap of shirt/kamiz |
|
tt |
ť |
ťaťi |
father |
ťaťi hãļe bai. |
Tt |
Ť |
Ťaťi |
Father |
|
gh |
gh |
ghosanum |
tall, long |
ťerék ajo ghosanum ďuwa. |
y' |
ý |
ťaýi |
that way |
ťaýi akuwan. |
c' |
ć |
ćapán |
sew it |
gatunz ćapan. |
c, |
ç |
çüm |
poke |
çüm éť |
dd |
ď |
ďiýa |
came, he came |
ťaťi hãla ďiýa. |
Dd |
Ď |
Ďiýa |
came, he came |
|
c'h |
ćhe |
ćheļ |
water |
ćhel achhi. |
c, h |
çh |
çham |
hungry |
çham amana. |
chh |
chh |
chhaghorum |
cold |
chhaghorum ćheļ achhi. |
t'h |
ťh |
ťháť/ ťhap |
cold/ night |
ťhať ámana |
th |
t |
thánǧ |
push |
thanǧ ét |
gg |
ǧ |
haranǧ |
among, in the miďle |
among, between |
All Documentation Versions
- Burushãski Alphabet - Roman/latin Keyboard Help 2.0.25
- Burushãski Alphabet - Roman/latin Keyboard Help 2.0.24
- Burushãski Alphabet - Roman/latin Keyboard Help 2.0.23
- Burushãski Alphabet - Roman/latin Keyboard Help 1.0.4
- Burushãski Alphabet - Roman/latin Keyboard Help 1.0.3
- Burushãski Alphabet - Roman/latin Keyboard Help 1.0.2
- Burushãski Alphabet - Roman/latin Keyboard Help 1.0