Shabaki alphabetsproposed by

Dr Abbas H. J. SultanUniversity of Kufa

Shabaki is a northwest Indo-Iranian language of the Indo-European family.

It is hitherto underrepresented and under-researched. In 1996, I started to investigate this language and for this

reason I proposed the following alphabetical system.

siÂ

siâ

Â

â

şkaftA

şkafta

A

a

âlB

âlb

B

b

âlÇ

âlç

Ç

ç

ijaJ

ijaj

J

j

ârD

ârd

D

d

wE

we

E

e

âqF

âqf

F

f

ulG

ulg

G

g

ânǧEr

ânǧer

Ğ

ğ

angirH

angirh

H

h

keI

ike

I

i

ohK

ohk

K

k

ahâL

ahâl

L

l

iroçaM

iroçam

M

m

ânN

ânn

N

n

tâwyâO

tâwyâo

O

o

âP

âp

P

P

âzQ

âzq

Q

q

ažiR

ažir

R

r

âlnâmaS

âlnâmas

S

s

amşamakorŞ

amşamakorş

Ş

ş

Žuži

žuži

Ž

ž

rombelT

rombelt

T

t

wauD

waudU

u

âzaV

âzav

V

v

argW

argw

W

w

ayaX

ayax

X

x

ânaY

ânaY

Y

y

aytunZ

aytunz

Z

z

Papers published by Dr Abbas H J Sultan o THE EPISTEMIC EXPRESSIONS IN SHABAKI. To appear in Adab al-kufa, 2016o Evidentials in Shabaki. AION Linguistica Journal, No.4. Università degli studi di Napoli, Pp: 263-279. 2015. ISSN 2281-6585.o The Truth-Conditional Content of Evidentials in Shabaki. Kufa Review: University of Kufa, Iraq. No.8, Pp.15-32, 2015.o An Account of Clitics in Shabaki with Reference to Wackernagel's Law. Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: Linguistics & Education, Volume 14, Issue 1, 2014, Global Journals Inc. (USA). o Serial verb constructions in Shabaki. Acta Linguistica Journal, Vol.6, No.1, 2012. University of Sofia, Bulgaria. o An account of light verb constructions in Shabaki. Acta Linguistica Journal, Vol. 5, No.2, 2011. University of Sofia, Bulgaria, Bulgaria.o Causatives. Acta Linguistica Journal. Vol.4, No.2, 2010. University of Sofia, Bulgaria.o Reciprocal Pronouns. Acta Linguistica Journal, Vol.4 No.1, 2010. University of Sofia, Bulgaria.

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