Arabic script

Also known as Arab alphabet, Arabic, Arabic scripts, Arab

writing system for Arabic and some Asian and African languages

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Arabic script is a writing system used to write Arabic and various other languages spoken in parts of Asia and Africa. It matters because it serves as the written form for one of the world's major languages and is fundamental to how millions of people communicate and preserve their cultural and religious traditions.

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native label: الكتابة العربية
Commons category: Arabic writing
Stack Exchange tag: tex.stackexchange.com/tags/arabic
name: Arabic
Unicode range: U+0870-089F
inception: 0400-00-00

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Euler diagram showing major languages and scripts based on the Arabic alphabet, including Arabic, Persian, Kurdish, Kashmiri, Urdu, Sindhi, Gorani, Gilaki, Mazanderani, and Azeri Turkish.

The Arabic script is the writing system used for Arabic (Arabic alphabet) and several other languages of Asia and Africa. It is the second-most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world (after the Latin script), the second-most widely used writing system in the world by number of countries using it, and the third-most by number of users (after the Latin and Chinese scripts).