Shorthand Tutorials

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman Shamil | Last updated: February 13, 2025

Chapter 1

  1. Consonants Shorthand – P, B, T, D, CH, J
  2. Long vowel a is represented by heavy dot
  3. Joining consonants
  4. Short forms and phrasing

Chapter 2

  1. Consonants Shorthand – F, V, TH, S, Z, SH, ZH
  2. Long o is represented by a heavy dash
  3. Short u

Chapter 3

  1. Consonants Shorthand – K,G,M,N,NG,L,W,Y
  2. vowel comes before a horizontal stroke it is written above the stroke
  3. vowel comes after a horizontal stroke it is written above the stroke

Chapter 4

  1. First place vowels
  2. Long ah
  3. Short a is represented by light dot
  4. Long aw
  5. Short o is represented by a light dash
  6. Short forms
  7. second-place vowel is the first vowel

Chapter 5

  1. Long oo
  2. Short oo
  3. Short i
  4. Long e
  5. The sound of y at the end of word
  6. Outline consists only of horizontal strokes and the first vowel is a thid-position vowel
  7. ing at the end of a word with dot .
  8. Long e is represented by a heavy dot

st loop : A small loop, written in the same direction as the s circle, represents st (called “stee”)

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