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Arabic alphabet

NameArabic abjad
TypeAbjad
LanguagesArabic
Time400 AD to the present
Fam1Egyptian hieroglyphs
Fam2Proto-Sinaitic
Fam3Phoenician
Fam4Aramaic
Fam5Syriac
Fam6Nabataean
UnicodeU+06FF
U+077F
U+FDFF
U+FEFF
Iso15924Arab
SampleArabic albayancalligraphy.svg
Image Size200px

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The Arabic alphabet ( ) or Arabic abjad is the Arabic script as it is codified for writing the Arabic language. It is written from right to left, in a cursive style, and includes 28 letters. Because letters usually stand for consonants, it is classified as an abjad.


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