Arabic alphabet | |
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Script type | |
Time period | 3rd century CE – present[1] |
Direction | Right-to-left script |
Languages | Arabic |
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ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Arab (160), Arabic |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Arabic |
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The Arabic alphabet (Arabic: الْأَبْجَدِيَّة الْعَرَبِيَّة, al-ʾabǧadiyyah l-ʿarabiyyah [al.ʔab.d͡ʒaˈdij.ja l.ʕa.rabij.ja] or الْحُرُوف الْعَرَبِيَّة, al-ḥurūf al-ʿarabiyyah), or Arabic abjad, is the Arabic script as specifically codified for writing the Arabic language. It is written from right-to-left in a cursive style, and includes 28 letters, of which most have contextual letterforms. The Arabic alphabet is considered an abjad, with only consonants required to be written; due to its optional use of diacritics to notate vowels, it is considered an impure abjad.[2]
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