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Pushto: character repertoire and typing resources
CLDR 48.0.0 lists these exemplar characters for locale ps in Arabic. This is a repertoire, not an ordered alphabet, pronunciation guide or claim about official usage.
This code is a macrolanguage. The locale repertoire does not establish coverage for every constituent language or variety.
Why this locale matches this record
Pinned CLDR overlong language-code alias (not a deprecated-code or variety substitution)
Pinned CLDR likelySubtags entry ps → ps-Arab-AF; identifies this locale's default convention, not a language-wide usage ranking
Pinned commit: 4d06be52b51bb2f75688d0abe55c52a66afed790. Source SHA-256: 3fba53f6878e9384d41c02a9a962fc6107b86adf5c6e6c8355f8c0178270ab6e.
A cell can contain a combining mark or a multi-character string. Its inspection link opens the first code point; it does not imply the sequence is one encoded character.
Additional exemplar characters
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How can I type and display this language?
Search Keyman keyboards for Pushto. Check the keyboard’s language, platform, layout and licence before installing.
Find a Noto font for Arabic or browse SIL fonts. These are discovery links, not verified support claims for this orthography. Glyph coverage alone does not guarantee shaping or language support.
Language-specific running-text sample: not yet available in this record. Characters above come from the cited repertoire, not a generated translation.
Source: CLDR 48.0.0, ps characters · Unicode Licence v3 · retrieved 2026-10-28. Methodology and limitations.
Descended from Nabataean Aramaic. Written right-to-left. Used for Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Uyghur, and many other languages across the Islamic world.
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