![]() ![]() ![]() This means that in normal use the script represents only consonant and long vowel sounds. As a result the script has had to be adapted and is used slightly differently by speakers of different languages.Ĭomparison table goes here Basic features Many of the languages written in Arabic script are non-Semitic, and so employ very different sound systems from spoken Arabic. It descended from the Nabataean abjad, itself a descendant of the Phoenician script, and has been used since the 4th century for writing the Arabic language. The script was first used to write texts in Arabic, most notably the Qurʼān, the holy book of Islam. ![]() Historically, it was used far more widely, as its spread followed that of Islam into many countries of not only West and Central Asia, and North Africa, but also Southern and Eastern Europe, South Asia, Malaysia, East Africa, etc. It used for writing the Arabic language and several other languages of Asia and Africa, such as Persian, Urdu, Azerbaijani, Pashto, Uighur, etc. The Arabic script is the 2nd most widely used script after Latin by number of countries, and 3rd by number of speakers (after Latin and Chinese). ![]()
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