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{{Short description|Alphabet used to write the Tajik language}}
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| type        = [[Alphabet]]
| name        = Tajik Cyrillic alphabet
| altname     = {{lang|tg|Алифбои кирилии тоҷикӣ}} <br> {{nq|الفبای كيريلى تاجیکی}} <br> {{lang|tg-Latn|Alifboji kirilii toçikī}}
| sample      = File:Coat of Arms of Tajik ASSR 04.1929-24.02.1931.svg
| image size  = 230px
| caption     = The [[coat of arms]] of the [[Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic]] {{circa|1929}}. "Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic" is written in [[Tajik language|Tajik]] [[Latin script|Latin]], Tajik [[Arabic script|Arabic]] and [[Russian Cyrillic]]
| languages   = [[Tajik language|Tajik]], [[Bukharian (Judeo-Tajik dialect)|Bukharian]]
| time        = {{nowrap|{{circa|7th century CE}}{{snd}}present}}
| fam1        = [[Egyptian hieroglyphs]]
| fam2        = [[Phoenician alphabet]]
| fam3        = [[Greek alphabet]] (partly [[Glagolitic alphabet]])
| fam4        = [[Early Cyrillic alphabet]]
| fam5        = [[Russian alphabet]]
| iso15924    = Cyrl
}}
[[File:Coat of Arms of Tajik ASSR.gif|thumb|250 px|right|Another version of the 1929 coat of arms without Tajik Latin. The Tajik Arabic reads {{nq|جمهوریت اجتماعی شوروی مختار تاجیکستان}}]]

The [[Tajik language]] has been written in three [[alphabet]]s over the course of its history: the [[Persian alphabet|Perso-Arabic]], [[Latin script|Latin]] and nowadays [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] [[Writing system|script]].

The use of a specific alphabet generally corresponds with [[History of Tajikistan|stages in history]], with Arabic being used first for most of the time, followed by Latin, as a result of the Soviet takeover, for a short period and then Cyrillic, which remains the most widely used alphabet in [[Tajikistan]]. The [[Bukharian (Judeo-Tajik dialect)|Bukhori dialect]] spoken by [[Bukharan Jews]] traditionally used the [[Hebrew alphabet]], but today is written using the Cyrillic variant.

==Political context==
As with many [[post-Soviet states]], the change in [[writing system]] and the debates surrounding it is closely intertwined with political themes. Although not having been used since the adoption of Cyrillic, the Latin script is supported by those who wish to bring the country closer to [[Uzbekistan]], which has adopted the Latin-based [[Uzbek alphabet]].<ref name="schlyter2"/> The Persian alphabet is supported by the devoutly religious, [[Islamism|Islamists]], and by those who wish to bring the country closer to [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]], and their [[Persian people|Persian]] heritage. As the ''de facto'' standard, the Cyrillic alphabet is generally supported by those who wish to maintain the ''status quo'', and not distance the country from [[Russia]].

==History==
{{further|Sogdian language|Sogdian alphabet|Syriac alphabet|Manichaean script|Aramaic alphabet}}
As a result of the influence of [[Islam]] in the region, Tajik was written in the [[Persian alphabet]] up to the 1920s. Until this time, the language was not thought of as separate and simply considered a dialect of the [[Persian language]].{{request quotation|date=July 2016}} The [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] began by simplifying the Persian alphabet in 1923, before moving to a Latin-based system in 1927.<ref name=keller2001/> The Latin script was introduced by the [[Soviet Union]] as part of an effort to increase literacy and distance the, at that time, largely illiterate population, from the Islamic [[Central Asia]]. There were also practical considerations. The regular Persian alphabet, being an [[abjad]], does not provide sufficient letters for representing the vowel system of Tajik. In addition, the abjad is more difficult to learn, each letter having different forms depending on the position in the word.<ref name=dickens1988/>

The ''Decree on Romanisation'' made this law in April 1928.<ref name=khudonazar2004/> The Latin variant for Tajik was based on the work by [[Turcophone]] scholars who aimed to produce [[Yañalif|a unified Turkic alphabet]],<ref name=perry2005/> despite Tajik not being a [[Turkic language]]. The literacy campaign was successful, with near-universal [[literacy]] being achieved by the 1950s.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

As part of the "[[russification]]" of [[Central Asia]], the Cyrillic script was introduced in the late 1930s.<ref>{{Cite book
| author= Muborak Sharipova
| chapter= One More War against Women: Historical and Socio-cultural Aspects of Violence against Women in Tajikstan
|editor1-last=Hämmerle|editor1-first=Christa|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5kXyj82xfQC&pg=PA76|title=Gender Politics in Central Asia: Historical Perspectives and Current Living Conditions of Women|date=2008|publisher=Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar|isbn=978-3-412-20140-1|pages=67–94}}{{pb}}{{Cite book|last1=Landau|first1=Yaʿaqov (Jacob) M.|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=arF2f10EQYUC&pg=PA125|title=Politics of Language in the Ex-Soviet Muslim States: Azerbayjan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan|last2=Kellner-Heinkele|first2=Barbara|date=2001|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=978-0-472-11226-5|page=125|chapter= Alphabet Change and Implementation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|author1=Habib Borjian|title=Tajikstan V. Dictionaries and Encyclopedias|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/tajikistan-05-dictionaries-and-encyclopedias|date= 2005 | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Iranica}}</ref> The alphabet remained Cyrillic until the end of the 1980s with the disintegration of the [[Soviet Union]]. In 1989, with the growth in [[Tājik people|Tajik]] nationalism, a law was enacted declaring Tajik the [[official language|state language]]. In addition, the law officially equated Tajik with [[Persian language|Persian]], placing the word ''Farsi'' (the endonym for the Persian language) after Tajik. The law also called for a gradual reintroduction of the Perso-Arabic alphabet.<ref>{{Cite book
| author1= Vitaly Naumkin | chapter= Political and Security Linkages
|editor-last=Ehteshami|editor-first=Anoushiravan|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sgW_HEcULMYC&pg=PA219|title=From the Gulf to Central Asia: Players in the New Great Game|date=1994|publisher=University of Exeter Press|isbn=978-0-85989-451-7|page=219}}</ref>

The Persian alphabet was introduced into [[education]] and public life, although the banning of the [[Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan|Islamic Renaissance Party]] in 1993 slowed down the adoption. In 1999, the word ''Farsi'' was removed from the state-language law.<ref name=siddikzoda2002/> {{As of|2004}} the ''de facto'' standard in use was the Cyrillic alphabet<ref name=un2004/> and {{as of|1996|lc=on}}, only a very small part of the population could read the Persian alphabet.<ref name=loc1996/>

==Variants==
The letters of the major versions of the Tajik alphabet are presented below, along with their phonetic values. There is also a [[#Comparative table|comparative table]] below.

===Persian alphabet===
A variant of the Persian alphabet (technically an [[abjad]]) is used to write Tajik. In the Tajik version, as with all other versions of the Arabic script, with the exception of {{lang|tg-Arab|ا}} (''alef''), vowels are not given unique letters, but rather optionally indicated with [[diacritic marks]].

{| cellpadding=4 style="font-size:large; text-align: center;" summary="Thirty two letters of the Tajik Arabic alphabet, capital and lowercase" align=center
|+ style="font-size:smaller;" | '''The Tajik alphabet in Persian'''
|-
| {{lang|tg-Arab|ذ}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|د}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|خ}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ح}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|چ}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ج}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ث}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ت}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|پ}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ب}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ا}} 
|-
| {{IPA|/z/}} || {{IPA|/d/}} || {{IPA|/χ/}} || {{IPA|/h/}} || {{IPA|/tʃ/}} || {{IPA|/dʒ/}} || {{IPA|/s/}} || {{IPA|/t/}} || {{IPA|/p/}} || {{IPA|/b/}} || {{IPA|/ɔː/}}
|-
| {{lang|tg-Arab|غ}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ع}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ظ}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ط}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ض}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ص}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ش}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|س}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ژ}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ز}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ر}} 
|-
| {{IPA|/ʁ/}} || {{IPA|/ʔ/}} || {{IPA|/z/}} || {{IPA|/t/}} || {{IPA|/z/}} || {{IPA|/s/}} || {{IPA|/ʃ/}} || {{IPA|/s/}} || {{IPA|/ʒ/}} || {{IPA|/z/}} || {{IPA|/ɾ/}}
|-
| || {{lang|tg-Arab|ی}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ه}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|و}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ن}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|م}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ل}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|گ}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ک}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ف}} || {{lang|tg-Arab|ق}} 
|-
| || {{IPA|/j/}} || {{IPA|/h/}} || {{IPA|/v/}} || {{IPA|/n/}} || {{IPA|/m/}} || {{IPA|/l/}} || {{IPA|/ɡ/}} || {{IPA|/k/}} || {{IPA|/f/}} || {{IPA|/q/}}
|}

===Latin===
[[File:Nasimi isfara 3 mod.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The front page of ''Kommunisti Isfara'' from 15 May 1936]]
The [[Latin script]] was introduced after the [[Russian Revolution]] of 1917 in order to facilitate an increase in literacy and distance the language from Islamic influence. Only [[letter case|lowercase]] letters were found in the first versions of the Latin variant, between 1926 and 1929. A slightly different version used by [[Jews]] speaking the [[Bukharian (Judeo-Persian dialect)|Bukhori dialect]] included three extra characters for phonemes not found in the other dialects: {{larger|''ů''}}, {{larger|ə̧}}, and {{larger|ḩ}}.<ref name=perry2005b/> {{larger|ḩ}} in particular represented the [[voiceless pharyngeal fricative]] /ħ/, a feature of the Bukhori dialect.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ido |first=Shinji |date=2017-06-15 |title=The Vowel System of Jewish Bukharan Tajik: With Special Reference to the Tajik Vowel Chain Shift |journal=Journal of Jewish Languages |language=en |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=81–103 |doi=10.1163/22134638-12340078 |issn=2213-4638 |quote=one of the 'Bukharian' alphabets proposed in the early 20th century contained a letter for /ħ/, namely ‹ⱨ›. |doi-access=free }}</ref>
{| cellpadding=4 style="font-size:large; text-align:center;" summary="Thirty letters of the Tajik Latin script, capital and lowercase" align=center
|+ style="font-size:smaller;" | '''The Tajik alphabet in Latin'''
|-
| {{lang|tg-Latn|A a|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|B ʙ|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|C c|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|Ç ç|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|D d|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|E e|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|F f|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|G g|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|Ƣ ƣ|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|H h|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|I i|italic=no}}
|-
| {{IPA|/æ/}}
|| {{IPA|/b/}}
|| {{IPA|/tʃ/}}
|| {{IPA|/dʒ/}}
|| {{IPA|/d/}}
|| {{IPA|/eː/}}
|| {{IPA|/f/}}
|| {{IPA|/ɡ/}}
|| {{IPA|/ʁ/}}
|| {{IPA|/h/}}
|| {{IPA|/i/}}
|-
| {{lang|tg-Latn|Ī ī|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|J j|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|K k|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|L l|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|M m|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|N n|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|O o|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|P p|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|Q q|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|R r|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|S s|italic=no}}
|-
| {{IPA|/ˈi/}}
|| {{IPA|/j/}}
|| {{IPA|/k/}}
|| {{IPA|/l/}}
|| {{IPA|/m/}}
|| {{IPA|/n/}}
|| {{IPA|/ɔː/}}
|| {{IPA|/p/}}
|| {{IPA|/q/}}
|| {{IPA|/ɾ/}}
|| {{IPA|/s/}}
|-
| {{lang|tg-Latn|Ş ş|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|T t|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|U u|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|Ū ū|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|V v|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|X x|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|Z z|italic=no}}
|| {{lang|tg-Latn|Ƶ ƶ|italic=no}}
|| ʼ
|-
| {{IPA|/ʃ/}}
|| {{IPA|/t/}}
|| {{IPA|/u/}}
|| {{IPA|/ɵː/}}
|| {{IPA|/v/}}
||  {{IPA|/χ/}}
|| {{IPA|/z/}}
|| {{IPA|/ʒ/}}
|| {{IPA|/ʔ/}}
|}

The unusual character {{lang|tg-Latn|[[Gha|Ƣ]]}} is called ''[[Gha]]'' and represents the phoneme {{IPA|/ʁ/}}. The character is found in [[Yañalif]] in which most non-Slavic languages of the [[Soviet Union]] were written until the late 1930s. The Latin alphabet is not widely used today, although its adoption is advocated by certain groups.<ref name=schlyter2/>

===Cyrillic===<!-- This section is linked from [[Persian language]] -->
The [[Cyrillic script]] was [[Cyrillisation in the Soviet Union|introduced]] in [[Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic]] in the late 1930s, replacing the [[Latin script]] that had been used since the [[October Revolution]]. After 1939, materials published in [[Persian language|Persian]] in the Persian alphabet were banned from the country.<ref name=perry1996/> The alphabet below was supplemented by the letters Щ and Ы in 1952.

[[File:Tajik rouble reverse detail.png|thumb|right|220px|Text detail from the reverse of the 1 [[Tajikistani rouble|rouble]] note. The rouble was replaced in 2000 as a result of increasing inflation.]]

[[File:Алифбои тоҷикӣ.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The current Tajik alphabet.]]
{| cellpadding=4 style="font-size:large; text-align:center;" summary="Thirty four letters of the Tajik Cyrillic alphabet, capital and lowercase" align=center

|+ style="font-size:smaller;" | '''The Tajik alphabet in Cyrillic'''
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|А а}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Б б}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|В в}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Г г}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ғ ғ}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Д д}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Е е}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ё ё}} ||
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|а}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|бе}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ве}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ге}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ғе}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|де}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|е (йэ)}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ё (йо)}} || 
|-
| | {{IPA|/æ/}} || {{IPA|/b/}} || {{IPA|/v/}} || {{IPA|/ɡ/}} || {{IPA|/ʁ/}} || {{IPA|/d/}} || {{IPA|/eː/}} || {{IPA|/jɔː/}} ||
|-
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ж ж}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|З з}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|И и}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ӣ ӣ}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Й й}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|К к}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Қ қ}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Л л}} ||
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|же}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|зе}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|и}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|и-и заданок}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|йи, и-и кӯтоҳ}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ке}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|қе}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ле}} ||
|-
| {{IPA|/ʒ/}} || {{IPA|/z/}} || {{IPA|/i/}} || {{IPA|/ˈi/}} || {{IPA|/j/}} || {{IPA|/k/}} || {{IPA|/q/}} || {{IPA|/l/}} ||
|-class=unicode
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|М м}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Н н}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|О о}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|П п}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Р р}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|С с}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Т т}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|У у}} ||
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ме}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|не}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|о}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|пе}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ре}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|се}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|те}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|у}} ||
|-
| | {{IPA|/m/}} || {{IPA|/n/}} || {{IPA|/ɔː/}} || {{IPA|/p/}} || {{IPA|/ɾ/}} || {{IPA|/s/}} || {{IPA|/t/}} || {{IPA|/u/}} ||
|-
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ӯ ӯ}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ф ф}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Х х}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ҳ ҳ}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ч ч}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ҷ ҷ}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ш ш}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ъ ъ}} ||
|-
| | {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ӯ}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|фе}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|хе}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ҳе}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|че}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ҷе}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ше}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|аломати сакта}} ||
|-
| | {{IPA|/ɵː/}} || {{IPA|/f/}} || {{IPA|/χ/}} || {{IPA|/h/}} || {{IPA|/tʃ/}} || {{IPA|/dʒ/}} || {{IPA|/ʃ/}} || {{IPA|/ʔ/}} ||
|-
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Э э}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ю ю}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Я я}} ||
|-
| | {{lang|tg-Cyrl|э}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ю (йу)}} || {{lang|tg-Cyrl|я (йа)}} || 
|-
| | {{IPA|/eː/}} || {{IPA|/ju/}} || {{IPA|/jæ/}} ||
|}

Before 1998, the Tajik Cyrillic alphabet contained 39 letters in the following order: {{lang|tg-Cyrl|а б в г д е ё ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я ғ ӣ қ ӯ ҳ ҷ}} (the 33 letters of the Russian alphabet and 6 additional letters as distinct letters at the end). The letters {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ц}}, {{lang|tg-Cyrl|щ}} and {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ы}} were used only in [[loanword]]s; the letter {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ь}} was used in the combinations {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ье}}, {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ьё}}, {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ью}}, {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ья}} (for {{IPA|/jeː, jɔː, ju, jæ/}} after consonants) and in loanwords. The letters {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ц}}, {{lang|tg-Cyrl|щ}}, {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ы}}, and {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ь}} were officially dropped from the alphabet in the 1998 reform. Loanwords are now respelled using native Tajik letters: {{lang|tg-Cyrl|тс}} after vowels, otherwise {{lang|tg-Cyrl|с}} for {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ц}}; {{lang|tg-Cyrl|шч}} for {{lang|tg-Cyrl|щ}}; {{lang|tg-Cyrl|и}} for {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ы}}; {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ь}} is replaced by {{lang|tg-Cyrl|й}} in {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ье}} (also {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ьи, ьо}} in loanwords), dropped otherwise (including {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ьё}}, {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ью}}, {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ья}}). Along with the deprecation of these letters, the 1998 reform also changed the order of the alphabet, which now has the characters with diacritics following their unaltered partners, e.g. {{lang|tg-Cyrl|г}}, {{lang|tg-Cyrl|ғ}} and {{lang|tg-Cyrl|к}}, {{lang|tg-Cyrl|қ}}, etc.<ref name=perry2005c/> leading to the present order (35 letters): {{lang|tg-Cyrl|а б в г ғ д е ё ж з и ӣ й к қ л м н о п р с т у ӯ ф х ҳ ч ҷ ш ъ э ю я}}. In 2010, it was suggested that the letters {{lang|tg-Cyrl|е ё ю я}} might be dropped as well.<ref name=dropped/> The letters {{lang|tg-Cyrl|е}} and {{lang|tg-Cyrl|э}} represent the same sound, except that э is used at the beginning of a word (ex. {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Эрон}}, "[[Iran]]"). The sound combination {{IPA|/jeː/}} is represented by {{lang|tg-Cyrl|е}} at the beginning of words, otherwise by {{lang|tg-Cyrl|йе}}.

The alphabet includes a number of letters not found in the [[Russian alphabet]]:

:{|class="wikitable"
! Description
| [[Г]] with [[Bar (diacritic)|bar]] || [[И]] with [[Macron (diacritic)|macron]] || [[К]] with [[descender]] || [[У]] with [[Macron (diacritic)|macron]] || [[Х]] with [[descender]] || [[Ч]] with [[descender]]
|-
! Letter
| [[Ғ]] || [[Ӣ]] || [[Қ]] || [[Ӯ]]|| [[Ҳ]] || [[Ҷ]]
|-
! Phoneme
| {{IPA|/ʁ/}} || {{IPA|/ˈi/}} || {{IPA|/q/}} || {{IPA|/ɵː/}} || {{IPA|/h/}} || {{IPA|/dʒ/}}
|}

During the period when the Cyrillicization took place, [[Ge with descender|Ӷ ӷ]] also appeared a few times in the table of the Tajik Cyrillic alphabet.<ref name=Ido2005/>

===Transliteration standards===
The transliteration standards for the Tajik alphabet in Cyrillic into the Latin alphabet are as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
! Cyrillic
! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]
! [[ISO 9]] (1995) <sup>1</sup>
! KNAB (1981) <sup>2</sup>
! WWS (1996) <sup>3</sup>
! title="American Library Association-Library of Congress" | ALA-LC <sup>4</sup>
! Allworth <sup>5</sup>
! title="United States Board on Geographic Names/Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use" | BGN/PCGN <sup>6</sup>
! KSNG (2005)
! Perso-Arabic equivalent
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|А а}} || {{IPA|/æ/}} || a || a || a || a || a || a || a || ﺁ
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Б б}} || {{IPA|/b/}} || b || b || b || b || b || b || b || ب
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|В в}} || {{IPA|/v/}} || v || v || v || v || v || v || v || و
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Г г}} || {{IPA|/ɡ/}} || g || g || g || g || g || g || g || گ
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ғ ғ}} || {{IPA|/ʁ/}} || ġ || gh || gh || ḡ || gh || gh || ġ || غ
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Д д}} || {{IPA|/d/}} || d || d || d || d || d || d || d || د
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Е е}} || {{IPA|/jeː, eː/}} || e || e, ye|| e || e || ye‐, ‐e‐ || e || e || اى
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ё ё}} || {{IPA|/jɔː/}} || ë || yo || ë || ë || yo || yo || ë || يو
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ж ж}} || {{IPA|/ʒ/}} || ž || zh || zh || ž || zh || zh || ž || ژ
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|З з}} || {{IPA|/z/}} || z || z || z || z || z || z || z || ز, ذ, ظ, ض
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|И и}} || {{IPA|/i/}} || i || i || i || i || i || i || i || اى
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ӣ ӣ}} || {{IPA|/ɘ/}} || ī || ī || ī || ī || ī || í || ī || يى
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Й й}} || {{IPA|/j/}} || j || y || ĭ || j || y || y || j || ى
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|К к}} || {{IPA|/kʰ/}} || k || k || k || k || k || k || k || ک
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Қ қ}} || {{IPA|/qʰ/}} || ķ || q || q || ķ || q || q || ķ || ق
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Л л}} || {{IPA|/l/}} || l || l || l || l || l || l || l || ل
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|М м}} || {{IPA|/m/}} || m || m || m || m || m || m || m || م
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Н н}} || {{IPA|/n/}} || n || n || n || n || n || n || n || ن
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|О о}} || {{IPA|/ɔː/}} || o || o || o || o || o || o || o || او
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|П п}} || {{IPA|/pʰ/}} || p || p || p || p || p || p || p || پ
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Р р}} || {{IPA|/r/}} || r || r || r || r || r || r || r || ر
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|С с}} || {{IPA|/s/}} || s || s || s || s || s || s || s || س, ث, ص
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Т т}} || {{IPA|/tʰ/}} || t || t || t || t || t || t || t || ت, ط
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|У у}} || {{IPA|/u/}} || u || u || u || u || u || u || u || او
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ӯ ӯ}} || {{IPA|/ɵː/}} || ū || ū || ū || ū || ū || ŭ || ū || و
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ф ф}} || {{IPA|/f/}} || f || f || f || f || f || f || f || ف
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Х х}} || {{IPA|/χ/}} || h || kh || kh || x || kh || kh || h || خ
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ҳ ҳ}} || {{IPA|/h/}} || ḩ || h || ḩ || x || h || h || ḩ || ه, ح
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ч ч}} || {{IPA|/tʃʰ/}} || č || ch || ch || č || ch || ch || č || چ
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ҷ ҷ}} || {{IPA|/dʒ/}} || ç || j || j ||č̦ || j || j || ğ || ج
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ш ш}} || {{IPA|/ʃ/}} || š || sh || sh || š || sh || sh || š || ش
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ъ ъ}} || {{IPA|/ʔ/}} || ' || ' || ' || ' || " ||  ' || ' || ء, ع
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Э э}} || {{IPA|/eː/}} || è || è, e || ė || è || e || ė || è || اى
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Ю ю}} || {{IPA|/ju/}} || û || yu ||  i͡u || ju || yu || yu || û || يو
|-
| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Я я}} || {{IPA|/jæ/}} || â || ya ||  i͡a || ja || ya || ya || â || يا
|-
|}

Notes to the table above:
# ISO 9 — The [[International Organization for Standardization]] [[ISO 9]] specification.
# KNAB — From the placenames database of the [[Institute of the Estonian Language]].
# WWS — From ''World's Writing Systems'', Bernard Comrie (ed.)
# ALA-LC — The standard of the [[Library of Congress]] and the [[American Library Association]].
# Edward Allworth, ed. Nationalities of the Soviet East. Publications and Writing Systems (NY: Columbia University Press, 1971)
# BGN/PCGN — The standard of the [[United States Board on Geographic Names]] and the [[Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use]].
# KSNG – The standard of the [[Commission on Standardization of Geographical Names Outside the Republic of Poland]] (Komisja Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej)<ref name="KSNG">{{cite web |title=Zasady latynizacji alfabetu tadżyckiego |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/ksng/inne-publikacje-ksng |website=Inne publikacje KSNG |publisher=Commission on Standardization of Geographical Names Outside the Republic of Poland |access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref>

===Hebrew===
The [[Hebrew alphabet]] (an [[abjad]] like the Persian alphabet) is used for the Jewish Bukhori dialect primarily in [[Samarkand]] and [[Bukhara]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Gitelman | first=Zvi Y | title=A Century of Ambivalence: The Jews of Russia and the Soviet Union, 1881 to the Present | year=2001 | publisher=Indiana University Press | isbn=978-0-253-21418-8 | page=203}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author=Изд-во Академии наук СССР | journal=Вопросы языкознания | year=1975 | page=39 | url=https://books.google.com/books?bid=ox9SAQAAIAAJ&q=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5&dq=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5 | title=Вопросы языкознания}}</ref> Additionally, since 1940, when Jewish schools were closed in Central Asia, the use of the Hebrew Alphabet outside Hebrew liturgy fell into disuse and Bukharian Jewish publications such as books and newspapers began to appear using the Tajik Cyrillic Alphabet. Today, many older Bukharian Jews who speak Bukharian and went to Tajik or Russian schools in Central Asia only know the Tajik Cyrillic Alphabet when reading and writing Bukharian and Tajik.

{| cellpadding=4 style="font-size: large; text-align: center;" summary="Thirty two letters of the Tajik Arabic alphabet, capital and lowercase"
|+ style="font-size: smaller;" | '''The Tajik alphabet in Hebrew'''
|-
| גׄ ||{{lang|tg-Hebr|ג׳}}||{{lang|tg-Hebr| ג}} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|גּ }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|בּ }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr| ב}} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|אֵי}}||{{lang|tg-Hebr|אִי}}||{{lang|tg-Hebr|אוּ}} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|אוֹ}}||{{lang|tg-Hebr|אָ }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|אַ}}
|-
| {{IPA|/dʒ/}} || {{IPA|/tʃ/}} || {{IPA|/ʁ/}} || {{IPA|/ɡ/}} || {{IPA|/b/}} || {{IPA|/v/}} || {{IPA|/e/}} || {{IPA|/i/}} || {{IPA|/u/}} || {{IPA|/ɵ/}} || {{IPA|/ɔ/}} || {{IPA|/a/}}
|-
| {{lang|tg-Hebr|מ ם}} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|ל }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|כּ ךּ }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|כ ך}} || {{lang|tg-Hebr| י}} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|טּ }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|ט }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|ח }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|ז׳}}||{{lang|tg-Hebr|ז }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|ו }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|ה }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|דּ}} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|ד}}
|-
| {{IPA|/m/}} || {{IPA|/l/}} || {{IPA|/k/}} || {{IPA|/χ/}} || {{IPA|/j/}} || {{IPA|/t/}} || {{IPA|/s/}} || {{IPA|/ħ/}} || {{IPA|/ʒ/}} || {{IPA|/z/}} || {{IPA|/v/}} || {{IPA|/h/}} || {{IPA|/d/}} || {{IPA|/z/}}
|-
| {{lang|tg-Hebr|תּ |}} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|ת |}} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|שׂ }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|שׁ }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr| ר}} || {{lang|tg-Hebr| ק}} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|צ ץ}} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|פּ ףּ }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|פ ף}} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|ע }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|ס }} || {{lang|tg-Hebr|נ ן}}
|-
| {{IPA|/t/}} || {{IPA|/s/}} || {{IPA|/s/}} || {{IPA|/ʃ/}} || {{IPA|/r/}} || {{IPA|/q/}} || {{IPA|/ts/}} || {{IPA|/p/}} || {{IPA|/f/}} || {{IPA|/ʔ/}} || {{IPA|/s/}} || {{IPA|/n/}}
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Sample text!!Corresponding Cyrillic text
|-
|
{{lang|tg-Hebr|דר מוקאבילי זולם איתיפאק נמאייד. מראם נאמה פרוגרמי פירקהי יאש בוכארייאן.}}
|
{{lang|tg-Cyrl|Дар муқобили зулм иттифоқ намоед. Муромнома – пруграми фирқаи ёш бухориён.}}<ref name=Rzehak2001/>
|}

==Samples==

===Tajik Cyrillic, Tajik Latin and Persian alphabet===
{|valign="top" cellpadding="8"
! Cyrillic || Latin || Persian || Hebrew || English Translation
|-
| style="text-align: justify;"| {{lang|tg-Cyrl|Тамоми одамон озод ба дунё меоянд ва аз лиҳози манзилату ҳуқуқ бо ҳам баробаранд. Ҳама соҳиби ақлу виҷдонанд, бояд нисбат ба якдигар бародарвор муносабат намоянд.}} || {{lang|tg-Latn|Tamomi odamon ozod ba dunjo meojand va az lihozi manzilatu huquq bo ham barobarand. Hama sohibi aqlu viçdonand, bojad nisbat ba jakdigar barodarvor munosabat namojand.}} || align="right"| {{nq|تمام آدمان آزاد به دنیا می‌آیند و از لحاظ منزلت و حقوق با هم برابرند. همه صاحب عقل و وجدانند، باید نسبت به یکدیگر برادروار مناسبت نمایند.}} ||תמאם  אדמאן אזאד בה דניא מיאינד ואז לחאז מנזלת וחקוק בא הם בראברנד. המה צאחב עקל וג׳דאננד، באיד נסבת בה יכדיגר בראדרואר מנאסבת נמאינד. || All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
|}

For reference, the Persian script variant transliterated letter-for-letter into the [[Latin script]] appears as follows:
<blockquote>
{{Transliteration|tg|tmạm ậdmạn ậzạd bh dnyạ my̱ ậynd w ạz lḥạẓ mnzlt w ḥqwq bạ hm brạbrnd. hmh ṣḥb ʿql w wjdạnnd, bạyd nsbt bh ykdygr brạdrwạr mnạsbt nmạynd.}}
</blockquote>

And the [[BGN/PCGN romanization|BGN/PCGN]] transliteration of the Cyrillic text:

<blockquote>
{{Transliteration|tg|Tamomi odamon ozod ba dunyo meoyand va az lihozi manzilatu huquq bo ham barobarand. Hama sohibi aqlu vijdonand, boyad nisbat ba yakdigar barodarvor munosabat namoyand.}}
</blockquote>

===Tajik Cyrillic and Persian alphabet===
Vowel-pointed Persian includes the vowels that are not usually written.

{|valign="top" cellpadding="8"
! Cyrillic || vowel-pointed Persian || Persian || vowel-pointed Hebrew || Hebrew
|-
| style="text-align: justify;"| Баниодам аъзои як пайкаранд, ки дар офариниш зи як гавҳаранд. Чу узве ба дард оварад рӯзгор, дигар узвҳоро намонад қарор. [[Saadi Shirazi|Саъдӣ]] || align="right"| {{lang|tg-Arab|{{nq|بَنی‌آدَم اَعضایِ یَک پَیکَرَند، که دَر آفَرینِش زِ یَک گَوهَرَند. چو عُضوی به دَرد آوَرَد روزگار، دِگَر عُضوها را نَمانَد قَرار.}}}} {{lang|tg-Arab|{{nq|[[Saadi Shirazi|سَعدی]]}}}}|| align="right" |{{lang|tg-Arab|{{nq|بنی‌آدم اعضای یک پیکرند، که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند. چو عضوی به درد آورد روزگار، دگر عضوها را نماند قرار.}}}} {{lang|tg-Arab|{{nq|[[Saadi Shirazi|سعدی]]}}}} || בַּנִי־אָדַם אַעְזָאי יַךּ פַּיְכַּרַנְד, כִּה דַר אָפַרִינִשׁ זִ יַךּ גַוְהַרַנְד. ג׳וּ עֻזְוֵי בַּה דַרְד אָוַרַד רוֹזְגָּאר דִגַּר עֻזְוְהָא רָא נַמָאנַד קַרָאר סַעְדִי. || בני־אדם אעזאי יך פיכרנד, כה דר אפרינש ז יך גוהרנד. ג׳ו עזוי בה דרד אורד רוזגאר דגר עזוהא רא נמאינד קראר סעדי.
|-
|-
| style="text-align: justify;"| Мурда будам, зинда шудам; гиря будам, xанда шудам. Давлати ишқ омаду ман давлати поянда шудам. [[Rumi|Мавлавӣ]] || align="right"| {{lang|tg-Arab|{{nq|مُردَه بُدَم، زِندَه شُدَم؛ گِریَه بُدَم، خَندَه شُدَم. دَولَتِ عِشق آمَد و مَن دَولَتِ پایَندَه شُدَم.}}}} {{lang|tg-Arab|{{nq|[[Rumi|مَولَوی]]}}}}|| align="right" |{{lang|tg-Arab|{{nq|مرده بدم، زنده شدم؛ گریه بدم، خنده شدم. دولت عشق آمد و من دولت پاینده شدم.}}}} {{lang|tg-Arab|{{nq|[[Rumi|مولوی]]}}}} || מֻרְדַה בֻּדַם זִנְדַה שֻׁדַם; גִּרְיַה בֻּדַם, כַנְדַה שֻׁדַם. דַוְלַתִ עִשְק אָמַד וּמַן דַוְלַתִ פָּאיַנְדַה שֻׁדַם. מַוְלַוִי || מרדה בדם זנדה שדם; גריה בדם, כנדה שדם. דולת עשק אמד ומן דולת פאינדה שדם. מולוי
|}

==Comparative table==
[[File:Akademijai ilmxhoi jumxhurii tojikiston.jpg|thumb|right|Advertisement in Cyrillic for the admission of the graduate students by the research institutes of the [[Tajik Academy of Sciences]]]]
[[File:Zenith thuraya.jpg|thumb|right|A biscriptal sign incorporating an English word, "Zenith", written in the Latin script, and Tajik written in Cyrillic]]
[[File:Nasimi isfara dekabr 29.jpg|thumb|right|An illustration from ''Kommunisti Isfara'', a newspaper published in [[Isfara]] in northern Tajikistan, inviting citizens to vote in the local labor councils elections on 29 December 1939. The text reads: {{lang|tg-Latn|Dekabr 29, Rūzi 5-m şaşrūza, Hama ba intixobho ba sovethoji mahalliji deputathoji mehnatkaşon}}.]]
A table comparing the different [[writing system]]s used for the Tajik alphabet. The Latin here is based on the 1929 standard, the Cyrillic on the revised 1998 standard, and Persian letters are given in their stand-alone forms.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Cyrillic
! Latin
! Persian
! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]
! Examples
|- align="center"
| А а
| A a
| اَ، ـَ،  ـَه
| {{IPA|/a/}}
| санг ''sang'' سَنگ {{IPA|/saŋg/}} 'stone'
|- align="center"
| Б б
| B b
| ﺏ
| {{IPA|/b/}}
| барг ''barg'' بَرگ {{IPA|/baɾg/}} 'leaf'
|- align="center"
| В в
| V v
| و
| {{IPA|/v/}}
| номвар ''nomvar'' نَاموَر {{IPA|/nɔmˈʋaɾ/}} 'renowned'
|- align="center"
| Г г
| G g
| گ
| {{IPA|/ɡ/}}
| гавҳар ''gavhar'' گَوهَر {{IPA|/gaʋˈhaɾ/}} 'gem'
|- align="center"
| Ғ ғ
| Ƣ ƣ
| ﻍ
| {{IPA|/ʁ/}}
| ғор ''g'or'' غَار {{IPA|/ʁɔɾ/}} 'cave'
|- align="center"
| Д д
| D d
| ﺩ
| {{IPA|/d/}}
| модар ''modar'' مَادَر {{IPA|/mɔˈdaɾ/}} 'mother'
|- align="center"
| Е е
| E e
| ای، ـی
| {{IPA|/e/}}
| шер ''sher'' شیر {{IPA|/ʃeɾ/}} 'lion'
|- align="center"
| Ё ё
| Jo jo
| یا
| {{IPA|/jɔ/}}
| дарё ''daryo'' دَریَا {{IPA|/daɾˈjɔ/}} 'sea'
|- align="center"
| Ж ж
| Ƶ ƶ
| ژ
| {{IPA|/ʒ/}}
| жола ''zhola'' ژَالَه {{IPA|/ʒɔˈla/}} 'dew'
|- align="center"
| З з
| Z z
| ﺯ، ﺫ، ﺽ، ﻅ
| {{IPA|/z/}}
| замин ''zamin'' زَمِین {{IPA|/zaˈmin/}} 'earth'
|- align="center"
| И и
| I i, Ji ji
| اِ، ـِ، ـِه؛ اِیـ، ـِیـ
| {{IPA|/i/}}
| Микоил ''Mikoyil'' مِیکَائِیل {{IPA|/mikoˈil/}} 'Michael'
|- align="center"
| Ӣ ӣ
| Ī ī
| ـِی
| {{IPA|/í/}}
| зебоӣ ''zeboiy'' زیبَائِی {{IPA|/zebɔˈi/}} 'beauty'
|- align="center"
| Й й
| J j
| ی
| {{IPA|/j/}}
| май ''may'' مَی {{IPA|/maj/}} ''May'
|- align="center"
| К к
| K k
| ک
| {{IPA|/kʰ/}}
| кадом ''kadom'' کَدَام {{IPA|/kʰaˈdɔm/}} 'which'
|- align="center"
| Қ қ
| Q q
| ﻕ
| {{IPA|/q/}}
| қадам ''qadam'' قَدَم {{IPA|/qaˈdam/}} 'step'
|- align="center"
| Л л
| L l
| ﻝ
| {{IPA|/l/}}
| лола ''lola'' لَالَه {{IPA|/lɔˈla/}} 'tulip'
|- align="center"
| М м
| M m
| ﻡ
| {{IPA|/m/}}
| марг ''marg'' مَرگ {{IPA|/maɾg/}} 'death'
|- align="center"
| Н н
| N n
| ﻥ
| {{IPA|/n/}}
| нон ''non'' نَان {{IPA|/nɔn/}} 'bread'
|- align="center"
| О о
| O o
| آ، ـا
| {{IPA|/ɔ/}}
| орзу ''orzu'' آرزُو {{IPA|/ɔɾˈzu/}} 'wish'
|- align="center"
| П п
| P p
| پ
| {{IPA|/pʰ/}}
| панҷ ''panj'' پَنج {{IPA|/pʰandʒ/}} 'five'
|- align="center"
| Р р
| R r
| ﺭ
| {{IPA|/ɾ/}}
| ранг ''rang'' رَنگ {{IPA|/ɾaŋɡ/}} 'colour'
|- align="center"
| С с
| S s
| ﺱ، ﺙ، ﺹ
| {{IPA|/s/}}
| сар ''sar'' سَر {{IPA|/saɾ/}} 'head'
|- align="center"
| Т т
| T t
| ﺕ، ﻁ
| {{IPA|/tʰ/}}
| тоҷик ''tojik'' تَاجِیک {{IPA|/tʰɔˈdʒik/}} 'Tajik'
|- align="center"
| У у
| U u
| اُ، ـُ؛ اُو، ـُو
| {{IPA|/u/}}
| дуд ''dud'' دُود {{IPA|/dud/}} 'smoke'
|- align="center"
| Ӯ ӯ
| Ū ū
| او، ـو
| {{IPA|/ɵ/}}
| хӯрдан ''xo'rdan'' خوردَن {{IPA|/χɵɾˈdan/}} 'to eat'
|- align="center"
| Ф ф
| F f
| ﻑ
| {{IPA|/f/}}
| фурӯғ ''furo'g''' فُروغ {{IPA|/fuˈɾɵʁ/}} 'lustre'
|- align="center"
| Х х
| X x
| ﺥ
| {{IPA|/χ/}}
| хондан ''xondan'' خوَاندَن {{IPA|/χɔnˈdan/}} 'to read'
|- align="center"
| Ҳ ҳ
| H h
| ﺡ، ه
| {{IPA|/h/}}
| ҳар ''har'' هَر {{IPA|/haɾ/}} 'each'
|- align="center"
| Ч ч
| C c
| چ
| {{IPA|/tʃʰ/}}
| чи ''chi'' چِی {{IPA|/tʃʰi/}} 'what'
|- align="center"
| Ҷ ҷ
| Ç ç
| ﺝ
| {{IPA|/dʒ/}}
| ҷанг ''jang'' جَنگ {{IPA|/dʒaŋɡ/}} 'war'
|- align="center"
| Ш ш
| Ş ş
| ﺵ
| {{IPA|/ʃ/}}
| шаб ''shab'' شَب {{IPA|/ʃab/}} 'night'
|- align="center"
| Ъ ъ
| '
| ء، ﻉ
| {{IPA|/ʔ/}}
| таъриф ''ta'rif'' تَعرِیف {{IPA|/tʰaʔˈɾif/}} 'definition'
|- align="center"
| Э э
| E e
| ای، ـی
| {{IPA|/e/}}
| Эрон ''Eron'' ایرَان {{IPA|/eˈɾɔn/}} 'Iran'
|- align="center"
| Ю ю
| Ju ju
| یُ, یُو
| {{IPA|/ju/}}
| июн ''iyun'' اِیُون {{IPA|/iˈjun/}} 'June'
|- align="center"
| Я я
| Ja ja
| یَ, یَه
| {{IPA|/ja/}}
| ягона ''yagona'' یَگَانَه {{IPA|/jaɡɔˈna/}} 'unique'
|}

==See also==
* {{annotated link|Language planning}}
* {{annotated link|Official script}}
* {{annotated link|Tajik Braille}}

==Notes==
{{Reflist|refs=
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==External links==
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* [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tajik.htm Omniglot – Tajik (Тоҷики / Toçikī / تاجیكی)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080206093337/http://xixona.dlsi.ua.es/~fran/tajik/browser/ View Cyrillic-script Tajik websites transliterated into the 1920s Latin orthography]

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