Arabic Alphabet Overview

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How many letters are in the basic Arabic alphabet?

28 letters

In what direction is the Arabic alphabet written?

Right-to-left

What is the term used to describe the optional use of diacritics to notate vowels in the Arabic alphabet?

Impure abjad

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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