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EDIT Writing system Arabic is the script used to write the Arabic language. It is a cursive script, written with connected characters, vertically from right to left. There is no distinction between upper and lower case, words are written separately. Numbers are written left to right. Most characters exist in several shapes, depending on whether they are used by themselves, at the beginning of a word, within a word or at its end (isolated, initial, medial or final). Six characters only exist in an isolated or final form and don\'t connect with the following letter that then must be written in its isolated or initial shape even if it occurs in the middle of a word.

The Arabic alphabet contains 28 main letters, all of them consonants. Vowels are usually not indicated within words, it is a matter of experience and context to decide which word has actually been written. Only in the Qur’an and sometimes in poetry or texts meant for teaching vowels are indicated.

There are three actual characters representing long vowels:
Alef (Arabic Letter Alef, U+0627), Waw (Arabic Letter Waw, U+0648) and Alef Maksura (Arabic Letter Alef Maksura, U+0649). This character also exists in two modified forms: Arabic Letter Yeh U+064A and Arabic letter Farsi Yeh U+06CC.

There are also three diacritics for the indication of short vowels: Fatha (Arabic Fatha, U+064E), Kasra (Arabic Kasra, U+0650) and Damma (Arabic Damma, U+064F). They are positioned above or below the consonant preceding the vowel. When they are used a text is considered »fully vocalized«.

Other important diacritical characters are Shadda (Arabic Shadda, U+0651) which marks the doubling of a consonant, and Hamza (Arabic Letter Hamza, U+0621) which usually only occurs in combination with an Alif and indicates that the Alif does not stand for a vowel but marks a glottal stop. The third important diacritic is Sukun (Arabic Sukun, U+0652). It is needed to show that a syllable is closed (e.g. not ended by a consonant), it marks the absence of a vowel after the base consonant. In some Qur’ans it also marks a long vowel as ignored.

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EDIT History The Arabic Script evolved from the Nabataean Aramaic script and has been used since the 4th century. In the 7th century new characters were created by adding dots to existing characters because Aramaic has less consonants than Arabic. Diacritics indicating short vowels were also added, mainly to ensure the correct loud reading of the Qur’an.
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EDIT Languages that are or used to be written with the Arabic script :
Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Azeri, Baluchi, Berber, Bashkir, Belarussian, Bosnian, Chaghatai, Chechen, Chinese, Comorian, Fulani, Hausa, Hebrew, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrghyz, Malay, Mandinka, Morisco, Mozarabic, Nubian, Pashto, Persian/Farsi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Somali, Songhay, Swahili, Tamazight, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek and Wolof.

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ADD NEW PARAGRAPHWIKI

U+0600 ARABIC NUMBER SIGN

U+0601 ARABIC SIGN SANAH

U+0602 ARABIC FOOTNOTE MARKER

U+0603 ARABIC SIGN SAFHA

U+0604

U+0605

U+0606

U+0607

U+0608

U+0609

U+060A

U+060B AFGHANI SIGN

U+060C ARABIC COMMA

U+060D ARABIC DATE SEPARATOR

U+060E ARABIC POETIC VERSE SIGN

U+060F ARABIC SIGN MISRA

U+0610 ARABIC SIGN SALLALLAHOU ALAYHE WASSALLAM

U+0611 ARABIC SIGN ALAYHE ASSALLAM

U+0612 ARABIC SIGN RAHMATULLAH ALAYHE

U+0613 ARABIC SIGN RADI ALLAHOU ANHU

U+0614 ARABIC SIGN TAKHALLUS

U+0615 ARABIC SMALL HIGH TAH

U+0616

U+0617

U+0618

U+0619

U+061A

U+061B ARABIC SEMICOLON

U+061C

U+061D

U+061E ARABIC TRIPLE DOT PUNCTUATION MARK

U+061F ARABIC QUESTION MARK

U+0620

U+0621 ARABIC LETTER HAMZA

U+0622 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE

U+0623 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE

U+0624 ARABIC LETTER WAW WITH HAMZA ABOVE

U+0625 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW

U+0626 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE

U+0627 ARABIC LETTER ALEF

U+0628 ARABIC LETTER BEH

U+0629 ARABIC LETTER TEH MARBUTA

U+062A ARABIC LETTER TEH

U+062B ARABIC LETTER THEH

U+062C ARABIC LETTER JEEM

U+062D ARABIC LETTER HAH

U+062E ARABIC LETTER KHAH

U+062F ARABIC LETTER DAL

U+0630 ARABIC LETTER THAL

U+0631 ARABIC LETTER REH

U+0632 ARABIC LETTER ZAIN

U+0633 ARABIC LETTER SEEN

U+0634 ARABIC LETTER SHEEN

U+0635 ARABIC LETTER SAD

U+0636 ARABIC LETTER DAD

U+0637 ARABIC LETTER TAH

U+0638 ARABIC LETTER ZAH

U+0639 ARABIC LETTER AIN

U+063A ARABIC LETTER GHAIN

U+063B

U+063C

U+063D

U+063E

U+063F

U+0640 ARABIC TATWEEL

U+0641 ARABIC LETTER FEH

U+0642 ARABIC LETTER QAF

U+0643 ARABIC LETTER KAF

U+0644 ARABIC LETTER LAM

U+0645 ARABIC LETTER MEEM

U+0646 ARABIC LETTER NOON

U+0647 ARABIC LETTER HEH

U+0648 ARABIC LETTER WAW

U+0649 ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA

U+064A ARABIC LETTER YEH

U+064B ARABIC FATHATAN

U+064C ARABIC DAMMATAN

U+064D ARABIC KASRATAN

U+064E ARABIC FATHA

U+064F ARABIC DAMMA

U+0650 ARABIC KASRA

U+0651 ARABIC SHADDA

U+0652 ARABIC SUKUN

U+0653 ARABIC MADDAH ABOVE

U+0654 ARABIC HAMZA ABOVE

U+0655 ARABIC HAMZA BELOW

U+0656 ARABIC SUBSCRIPT ALEF

U+0657 ARABIC INVERTED DAMMA

U+0658 ARABIC MARK NOON GHUNNA

U+0659 ARABIC ZWARAKAY

U+065A ARABIC VOWEL SIGN SMALL V ABOVE

U+065B ARABIC VOWEL SIGN INVERTED SMALL V ABOVE

U+065C ARABIC VOWEL SIGN DOT BELOW

U+065D ARABIC REVERSED DAMMA

U+065E ARABIC FATHA WITH TWO DOTS

U+065F

U+0660 ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT ZERO

U+0661 ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT ONE

U+0662 ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT TWO

U+0663 ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT THREE

U+0664 ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT FOUR

U+0665 ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT FIVE

U+0666 ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT SIX

U+0667 ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT SEVEN

U+0668 ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT EIGHT

U+0669 ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT NINE

U+066A ARABIC PERCENT SIGN

U+066B ARABIC DECIMAL SEPARATOR

U+066C ARABIC THOUSANDS SEPARATOR

U+066D ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR

U+066E ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS BEH

U+066F ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS QAF

U+0670 ARABIC LETTER SUPERSCRIPT ALEF

U+0671 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WASLA

U+0672 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH WAVY HAMZA ABOVE

U+0673 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH WAVY HAMZA BELOW

U+0674 ARABIC LETTER HIGH HAMZA

U+0675 ARABIC LETTER HIGH HAMZA ALEF

U+0676 ARABIC LETTER HIGH HAMZA WAW

U+0677 ARABIC LETTER U WITH HAMZA ABOVE

U+0678 ARABIC LETTER HIGH HAMZA YEH

U+0679 ARABIC LETTER TTEH

U+067A ARABIC LETTER TTEHEH

U+067B ARABIC LETTER BEEH

U+067C ARABIC LETTER TEH WITH RING

U+067D ARABIC LETTER TEH WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE DOWNWARDS

U+067E ARABIC LETTER PEH

U+067F ARABIC LETTER TEHEH

U+0680 ARABIC LETTER BEHEH

U+0681 ARABIC LETTER HAH WITH HAMZA ABOVE

U+0682 ARABIC LETTER HAH WITH TWO DOTS VERTICAL ABOVE

U+0683 ARABIC LETTER NYEH

U+0684 ARABIC LETTER DYEH

U+0685 ARABIC LETTER HAH WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE

U+0686 ARABIC LETTER TCHEH

U+0687 ARABIC LETTER TCHEHEH

U+0688 ARABIC LETTER DDAL

U+0689 ARABIC LETTER DAL WITH RING

U+068A ARABIC LETTER DAL WITH DOT BELOW

U+068B ARABIC LETTER DAL WITH DOT BELOW AND SMALL TAH

U+068C ARABIC LETTER DAHAL

U+068D ARABIC LETTER DDAHAL

U+068E ARABIC LETTER DUL

U+068F ARABIC LETTER DAL WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE DOWNWARDS

U+0690 ARABIC LETTER DAL WITH FOUR DOTS ABOVE

U+0691 ARABIC LETTER RREH

U+0692 ARABIC LETTER REH WITH SMALL V

U+0693 ARABIC LETTER REH WITH RING

U+0694 ARABIC LETTER REH WITH DOT BELOW

U+0695 ARABIC LETTER REH WITH SMALL V BELOW

U+0696 ARABIC LETTER REH WITH DOT BELOW AND DOT ABOVE

U+0697 ARABIC LETTER REH WITH TWO DOTS ABOVE

U+0698 ARABIC LETTER JEH

U+0699 ARABIC LETTER REH WITH FOUR DOTS ABOVE

U+069A ARABIC LETTER SEEN WITH DOT BELOW AND DOT ABOVE

U+069B ARABIC LETTER SEEN WITH THREE DOTS BELOW

U+069C ARABIC LETTER SEEN WITH THREE DOTS BELOW AND THREE DOTS ABOVE

U+069D ARABIC LETTER SAD WITH TWO DOTS BELOW

U+069E ARABIC LETTER SAD WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE

U+069F ARABIC LETTER TAH WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE

U+06A0 ARABIC LETTER AIN WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE

U+06A1 ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS FEH

U+06A2 ARABIC LETTER FEH WITH DOT MOVED BELOW

U+06A3 ARABIC LETTER FEH WITH DOT BELOW

U+06A4 ARABIC LETTER VEH

U+06A5 ARABIC LETTER FEH WITH THREE DOTS BELOW

U+06A6 ARABIC LETTER PEHEH

U+06A7 ARABIC LETTER QAF WITH DOT ABOVE

U+06A8 ARABIC LETTER QAF WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE

U+06A9 ARABIC LETTER KEHEH

U+06AA ARABIC LETTER SWASH KAF

U+06AB ARABIC LETTER KAF WITH RING

U+06AC ARABIC LETTER KAF WITH DOT ABOVE

U+06AD ARABIC LETTER NG

U+06AE ARABIC LETTER KAF WITH THREE DOTS BELOW

U+06AF ARABIC LETTER GAF

U+06B0 ARABIC LETTER GAF WITH RING

U+06B1 ARABIC LETTER NGOEH

U+06B2 ARABIC LETTER GAF WITH TWO DOTS BELOW

U+06B3 ARABIC LETTER GUEH

U+06B4 ARABIC LETTER GAF WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE

U+06B5 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH SMALL V

U+06B6 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH DOT ABOVE

U+06B7 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE

U+06B8 ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH THREE DOTS BELOW

U+06B9 ARABIC LETTER NOON WITH DOT BELOW

U+06BA ARABIC LETTER NOON GHUNNA

U+06BB ARABIC LETTER RNOON

U+06BC ARABIC LETTER NOON WITH RING

U+06BD ARABIC LETTER NOON WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE

U+06BE ARABIC LETTER HEH DOACHASHMEE

U+06BF ARABIC LETTER TCHEH WITH DOT ABOVE

U+06C0 ARABIC LETTER HEH WITH YEH ABOVE

U+06C1 ARABIC LETTER HEH GOAL

U+06C2 ARABIC LETTER HEH GOAL WITH HAMZA ABOVE

U+06C3 ARABIC LETTER TEH MARBUTA GOAL

U+06C4 ARABIC LETTER WAW WITH RING

U+06C5 ARABIC LETTER KIRGHIZ OE

U+06C6 ARABIC LETTER OE

U+06C7 ARABIC LETTER U

U+06C8 ARABIC LETTER YU

U+06C9 ARABIC LETTER KIRGHIZ YU

U+06CA ARABIC LETTER WAW WITH TWO DOTS ABOVE

U+06CB ARABIC LETTER VE

U+06CC ARABIC LETTER FARSI YEH

U+06CD ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH TAIL

U+06CE ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH SMALL V

U+06CF ARABIC LETTER WAW WITH DOT ABOVE

U+06D0 ARABIC LETTER E

U+06D1 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH THREE DOTS BELOW

U+06D2 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE

U+06D3 ARABIC LETTER YEH BARREE WITH HAMZA ABOVE

U+06D4 ARABIC FULL STOP

U+06D5 ARABIC LETTER AE

U+06D6 ARABIC SMALL HIGH LIGATURE SAD WITH LAM WITH ALEF MAKSURA

U+06D7 ARABIC SMALL HIGH LIGATURE QAF WITH LAM WITH ALEF MAKSURA

U+06D8 ARABIC SMALL HIGH MEEM INITIAL FORM

U+06D9 ARABIC SMALL HIGH LAM ALEF

U+06DA ARABIC SMALL HIGH JEEM

U+06DB ARABIC SMALL HIGH THREE DOTS

U+06DC ARABIC SMALL HIGH SEEN

U+06DD ARABIC END OF AYAH

U+06DE ARABIC START OF RUB EL HIZB

U+06DF ARABIC SMALL HIGH ROUNDED ZERO