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Arabic alphabet

The Arabic alphabet, or the Arabic abjad, is the Arabic script as specifically codified for writing the Arabic language. It is a unicameral script written from right-to-left in a cursive style, and includes 28 letters, of which most have contextual forms. Unlike the modern Latin alphabet, the script has no concept of letter case.

Extends: [Arabic script](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Arabic script), [Arabic orthography](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Arabic orthography)

Properties

Property Expected Type Description
Name Text Arabic alphabet
Languages Text Arabic
Time Text 3rd century CE – present
Fam1 Text Egyptian hieroglyphics
Fam2 Text Proto-Sinaitic
Fam3 Text Phoenician
Fam4 Text Aramaic
Fam5 Text Nabataean
Unicode Text U+0600–U+06FF Arabic, U+0750–U+077F Arabic Supplement, U+0870-U+089F Arabic Extended-B, U+08A0–U+08FF Arabic Extended-A, U+FB50–U+FDFF Arabic Presentation Forms-A, U+FE70–U+FEFF Arabic Present...
Iso15924 Text Arab
Sample Text Arabic Language.svg
Imagesize Text 200px