A Comparative Analysis of Phonetic Representation: Pashto Script in Contrast with Farsi, Urdu, and Arabic
The adaptation of the Perso-Arabic script has resulted in varying degrees of phonetic adequacy and orthographic stability. This study presents a comparative analysis of grapheme-phoneme correspondence in Pashto, Farsi, Urdu, and Arabic, with emphasis on the structural limitations of the script when applied to Pashto. W...