Indo-Aryan language spoken in Pakistan
Ushoji or Ushojo (اُݜوجو, Uṣōǰō; pronounced [ʊˈʂoːd͡ʒoː]) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Kohistan and Swat districts of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Ushoji may be incredibly endangered due to the dominance of the Pashto language in the region, especially in Swat.[3]
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English gloss |
Ushoji[4]
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1 |
one |
ɪk (اِیۡک)
|
2 |
two |
du (دُو)
|
3 |
three |
t͡ʃe (ۡچِے)
|
4 |
four |
t͡ʃar (چَر)
|
5 |
five |
pʰʊʃ (پھُش)
|
6 |
six |
ʃɑ (شَا)
|
7 |
seven |
sɑʈ (سَاٹ)
|
8 |
eight |
ɑʈ (آٹ)
|
9 |
nine |
nəo (نِیُو)
|
10 |
ten |
de (ۡدِے)
|
20 |
twenty |
bɪey (ۡبِئے)
|
100 |
hundred |
sao (سَئو)
|
1000 |
thousand |
zʌr (زَرۡ)
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Ushojo is written in a variety of the Torwali and Shina alphabets in the Perso-Arabic script in the Nastaliq style.[5]
Letter |
Romanization |
IPA
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آ |
ā |
/aː/
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أ |
a |
/a/
|
ا |
ʿ |
/ʔ/
|
ب |
b |
/b/
|
پ |
p |
/p/
|
ت |
t |
/t/
|
ٹ |
ṭ |
/ʈ/
|
ث |
(s) |
/s/
|
ج |
ǰ |
/d͡ʒ/
|
چ |
č |
/t͡ʃ/
|
ڇ |
ċ |
/ʈ͡ʂ/
|
څ |
c |
/t͡s/
|
ح |
(h) |
/h/
|
خ |
ǩ |
/x/
|
د |
d |
/d/
|
ڈ |
ḍ |
/ɖ/
|
ذ |
(z) |
/z/
|
ر |
r |
/r/
|
ڑ |
ṛ |
/ɽ/
|
ز |
z |
/z/
|
ڙ |
ż |
/ʐ/
|
ژ |
ž |
/ʒ/
|
س |
s |
/s/
|
ش |
š |
/ʃ/
|
ݜ |
ṣ |
/ʂ/
|
ص |
(s) |
/s/
|
ض |
(d) |
/d/
|
ط |
(t) |
/t/
|
ظ |
(z) |
/z/
|
ع |
ʿ |
/ʔ/
|
غ |
ǧ |
/ɣ/
|
ف |
f |
/f/
|
ق |
(k) |
/k/
|
ک |
k |
/k/
|
گ |
g |
/ɡ/
|
ل |
l |
/l/
|
م |
m |
/m/
|
ن |
n |
/n/
|
و |
w |
/ʊ~w/
|
ہ |
h, x |
/h/ɦ/
|
ھ |
_h |
/ʰ/ʱ/
|
ء |
ʿ |
/ʔ/
|
ی |
y |
/j/
|
ے |
e |
/e/
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Decker 1992 Ushojo