Arabic Alphabet Overview
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How many letters are in the basic Arabic alphabet?

  • 32 letters
  • 30 letters
  • 26 letters
  • 28 letters (correct)
  • In what direction is the Arabic alphabet written?

  • Bottom-to-top
  • Right-to-left (correct)
  • Top-to-bottom
  • Left-to-right
  • What is the term used to describe the optional use of diacritics to notate vowels in the Arabic alphabet?

  • Consonant abjad
  • Vowel abjad
  • Pure abjad
  • Impure abjad (correct)
  • How are similar-looking Arabic letters distinguished from one another?

    <p>By dots above or below them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which languages have added and removed letters when using the Arabic script to write?

    <p>Persian, Ottoman Turkish, Kurdish, Urdu, Sindhi, Azerbaijani, Malay, Pashto, Punjabi, Uyghur, Arwi and Arabi Malayalam</p> Signup and view all the answers

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