Talk:دير

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surely this should be دیر (with Farsi and not Arabic ya), not? -- Prince Kassad 12:18, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Brahui 'ya' is the same as Persian ی, not Arabic ي (y). Besides that, Brahui uses the unusual letter ڷ (lhām). Brahui in Pakistan uses most of the Urdu letters, but Brahui in Afghanistan often substitutes Pashto letters for the Urdu ones. For example, standard Brahui ٹ, ڈ, ڑ, گ may be written ټ, ډ, ړ, ګ in Afghanistan; —Stephen 15:22, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sorted. —Stephen 02:25, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]