Nastaliq

**Nastaliq** (pronounced /ˌnæstəˈliːk/ or /ˈnæstəliːk/) () is a special style of writing used for the Arabic script. It is mainly used for some Indo-Iranian languages like Classical Persian, Kashmiri, Punjabi, and Urdu. It is also sometimes used for Ottoman Turkish poetry, but not often for Arabic itself. Nastaliq was created in Iran around the 13th century, based on an older writing style called naskh. Today, it is still commonly used in Iran, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other countries, especially for writing poetry and in calligraphy art.

### Persian

|Letter|Romanization|IPA|
| --- | --- | --- |
||ā, a, (e), o, -|, , , ,|
||b||
||p||
||t||
||(s)||
||j||
||č||
||(h)||
||x||
||d||
||(z)||
||r||
||z||
||c/ts||
||s||
||š||
||(s)||
||(z)||
||(t)||
||(z)||
||(ā), (a), (e), (o), (-)|, , , ,|
||ǧ||
||f||
||q||
||k||
||g||
||l|, (), ()|
||m||
||n||
||w, u|,|
||h||
||y, i|,|

### Urdu

|Letter|Romanization|IPA|
| --- | --- | --- |
||ā, a, (e), o, -|, , , ,|
||b||
||p||
||t||
||ṭ||
||(s)||
||j||
||č||
||(h)||
||x||
||d||
||ḍ||
||(z)||
||r||
||ṛ||
||z||
||ž||
||s||
||š||
||(s)||
||(z)||
||(t)||
||(z)||
||(ā), (a), (e), (o), (-)|, , , ,|
||ǧ||
||f||
||q||
||k||
||g||
||l|, (), ()|
||m||
||n||
||nun ǧunna||
||w, u|,|
||h||
||_h|,|
||y, i|,|
||e/ay||

### Punjabi (Shahmukhi)

|No.|colspan="2"|Name|IPA|Final glyph|Medial glyph|Initial glyph|Isolated glyph||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||_alif_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|2||_bē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|3||_pē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|4||_tē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|5||_ṭē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|6||_s̱ē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|7||_jīma_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|8||_cē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|9||_waḍḍi ḥē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|10||_k͟hē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|11||_dāla_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|12||_ḍāla_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|13||_ẕāla_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|14||_rē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|15||_ṛē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|16||_zē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|17||_zhē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|18||_sīna_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|19||_shīna_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|20||_ṣwāda_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|21||_ẓwāda_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|22||_t̤oē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|23||_z̤oē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|24||_aina_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|25||_g͟haina_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|26||_fē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|27||_qāfa_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|28||_kāfa_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|29||_gāfa_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|30||_lāma_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|31||_ḷāma_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|32||_mīma_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|33||_nūna_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|34||_ṇūṇa_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|35||_nūn ġunnah_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|36||_wāoa_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|37||_choṭī hē_ _gol hē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|38||_do-cashmī hē_|or||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|39||_hamzah_|,||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|40||_choṭī yē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||
|41||_waḍḍi yē_|||||style="height:150%;padding:10px;font-size: 160%;"||

### Pashto

|Letter|Romanization|IPA|
| --- | --- | --- |
||ā, a, (e), o, -|, , , ,|
||b||
||p||
||t||
||ṭ||
||(s)||
||j||
||č||
||(h)||
||x||
||ṡ||
||ż||
||d||
||ḍ||
||(z)||
||r||
||ṛ||
||z||
||ž||
||s||
||š||
||(s)||
||(z)||
||(t)||
||(z)||
||(ā), (a), (e), (o), (-)|, , , ,|
||ǧ||
||f||
||q||
||k||
||g||
||l|, (), ()|
||m||
||n||
||ṇ||
||ṉ||
||w, u|,|
||h||
||ə||
||y, i|,|
||e||
||ay||
||ạy||
||y||

### Kashmiri

|Letter|Romanization|IPA|
| --- | --- | --- |
||ā, a, (e), o, -|, , , ,|
||b||
||p||
||t||
||ṭ||
||(s)||
||j||
||č||
||(h)||
||x||
||d||
||ḍ||
||(z)||
||r||
||ṛ||
||z||
||ž||
||s||
||š||
||(s)||
||(z)||
||(t)||
||(z)||
||(ā), (a), (e), (o), (-)|, , , ,|
||ǧ||
||f||
||q/k|,|
||k||
||g||
||l|, (), ()|
||m||
||n||
||ṇ||
||w, u|,|
||v||
||o||
||h||
||_h|,|
||y|,|
||'y|,|
||e||

## Other websites

- Rumicode: Online Service For  Calligraphy
- Nastaliq Online: Online Service For  Calligraphy
- Nastaliq Writer for Macintosh by SIL
- Faiz Nastaliq: Official Faiz  site
- Nastaliq Script | Persian Calligraphy
- Awami Nastaliq: A Nastaliq font by SIL International