Arabic alphabet
Right-to-left writing
The Arabic alphabet is a writing system of 28 letters used for Arabic and adapted for Persian, Urdu, and other languages.
It reads right to left, with letters changing shape depending on their position in a word.
Most letters represent consonants; vowels are often indicated by diacritical marks or omitted entirely.
- nunationArabic indefiniteness suffix
- harakatArabic vocalization marks
- diacriticsMarks altering letter pronunciation
- scriptWritten words for performance
- short vowelsVowels with brief duration
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