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===Perso-Arabic script=== [[File:BrahuiLam.svg|thumb|right|Brahui has the rare letter "{{nq|[[ڷ]]}}" and is written in Nastaliq script.]] Brahui is the only [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian language]] which is not known to have been written in a [[Brahmic scripts|Brahmi]]-based script; instead, it has been written in the [[Arabic script]] since the second half of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worklib.ru/dic/%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B8/ |title=Бесписьменный язык Б. |access-date=2015-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623210754/http://www.worklib.ru/dic/%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B8/ |archive-date=2015-06-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other Dravidian languages have also been historically written in the Arabic script by the Muslim minority speakers of each respective language, namely [[Arwi|Arabi-Tamil]] and [[Arabi-Malayalam]]. In Pakistan, an [[Urdu alphabet|Urdu]] based [[Nastaʿlīq]] script is used in writing. Brahui orthography is unique in having the letter {{langx|ur|ڷ}} representing the sound {{IPAblink|ɬ}}. Table below presents the letters adopted for Brahui orthography: {| class="wikitable" ! Letter !! Latin equivalent !! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ا}}}} || á, a, i, u || {{IPA|/aː/}}, {{IPA|/ə/}}, {{IPA|/ɪ/}}, {{IPA|/ʊ/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ب}}}} || b || {{IPA|/b/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|پ}}}} || p || {{IPA|/p/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ت}}}} || t || {{IPA|/t/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ٹ}}}} || ŧ || {{IPA|/ʈ/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ث}}}} || (s) || {{IPA|/s/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ج}}}} || j || {{IPA|/d͡ʒ/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|چ}}}} || c || {{IPA|/t͡ʃ/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ح}}}} || (h) || {{IPA|/h/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|خ}}}} || x || {{IPA|/x/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|د}}}} || d || {{IPA|/d/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ڈ}}}} || đ || {{IPA|/ɖ/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ذ}}}} || (z) || {{IPA|/z/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ر}}}} || r || {{IPA|/ɾ/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ڑ}}}} || ŕ || {{IPA|/ɽ/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ز}}}} || z || {{IPA|/z/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ژ}}}} || ź || {{IPA|/ʒ/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|س}}}} || s || {{IPA|/s/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ش}}}} || ş || {{IPA|/ʃ/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ص}}}} || (s) || {{IPA|/s/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ض}}}} || (z) || {{IPA|/z/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ط}}}} || (t) || {{IPA|/t/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ظ}}}} || (z) || {{IPA|/z/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ع}}}} || ', (a), (i), (u) || {{IPA|/ʔ/}}, {{IPA|/ə/}}, {{IPA|/ɪ/}}, {{IPA|/ʊ/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|غ}}}} || ģ || {{IPA|/ɣ/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ف}}}} || f || {{IPA|/f/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ق}}}} || (k) || {{IPA|/k/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ک}}}} || k || {{IPA|/k/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|گ}}}} || g || {{IPA|/ɡ/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ل}}}} || l || {{IPA|/l/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ڷ}}}} || ļ || {{IPA|/ɬ/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|م}}}} || m || {{IPA|/m/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ن}}}} || n || {{IPA|/n/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ں}}}} || ń || {{IPA|/ɳ/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|و}}}} || v, o, ú || {{IPA|/w~ʋ/}}, {{IPA|/o/}}, {{IPA|/u/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ہ}}}} || h || {{IPA|/h/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ھ}}}} || (h) || {{IPA|/h/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ی}}}} || y, í || {{IPA|/j/}}, {{IPA|/iː/}} |- | style="font-size:150%" | {{lang|brh|{{nq|ے}}}} || e || {{IPA|/eː/}} |}
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