The basic Arabic alphabet contains 28 letters. Forms using the Arabic script to write other languages added and removed letters: for example ⟨پ⟩ is often used to represent /p/ in … See more

There are two main kinds of numerals used along with Arabic text; Western Arabic numerals (used in the Maghreb Arabic-speaking region) and Eastern Arabic numerals (used in the Mashriq Arabic-speaking region). In most of present-day North … See more

The Arabic alphabet can be encoded using several character sets, including ISO-8859-6, Windows-1256 and Unicode, the latter of which … See more

Users of Arabic usually write long vowels but omit short ones, so readers must utilize their knowledge of the language in order to supply the missing vowels. However, in the … See more

Regional variations
Some letters take a traditionally different form in specific regions:
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There are different theories about the origin of the Arabic alphabet, The Musnad theory is that it can be traced back to Ancient North Arabian scripts which are derived from See more

• Ancient South Arabian script
• Algerian braille
• Arabic braille
• Arabic calligraphy
• Arabic chat alphabet See more