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Roman Khowar is the name used for the Khowar language written with the Roman script.
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According to the famous Khowar scholar Habib R. Sulemani: "Roman Khowar” and “Roman Urdu” is strongly opposed by the traditional Arabic script lovers. Despite this opposition it is still used by most on the internet and computers due to limitations of most technologies as they do not have the Urdu and Khowar scripts. Although, these script are under development and thus the net users are using the Roman script in their own ways. Popular websites like Jang Group have devised their own schemes for Roman Urdu. This is of great advantage for those who are not able to read the Arabic script. MSN, Yahoo and some desi-chat-rooms are working as laboratories for the evolving new script and language (Roman Urdu)."
Although the idea of Romanization of Khowar and Urdu languages had been suggested several times, it was General Ayub Khan who most seriously suggested adopting the Roman script for Urdu and all Pakistani languages during his rule of the country. The suggestion was inspired to an extent by Atatürk's adoption of Roman for Turkish in Turkey.
Perso-Arabic script
اللہ مہ خودای تہ نام رحمان دی رحیم دی تو غفار دی، غفورالرحیم دی کرم کوس اسپہ سورا تو رب کریم دیRoman Khowar
Alphabet
The khowar alphabet consists of 25 letters: five vowels (A, E, I, O U) and 16 consonants. The letters J, K, W, X and Y are not part of the proper alphabet, and are used only for loanwords (e.g. 'jeans') and foreign names (with very few exceptions, acute and circumflex accents may be used to modify vowel letters.