heavily on the existing orthographic standards and conventions in coming up with an orthography for Shughni language.

In Tajikistan, Persian alphabet was discarded in 1928, being replaced by Latin alphabet, and 11 years afterwards in 1939, Latin alphabet being replaced by Cyrillic alphabet. The Tajik Cyrillic alphabet is based on Russian orthography, and similar to that of Uzbek language in neighboring Uzbekistan.