Appendix:Arabic script

There are 28 letters used for writing the Arabic language. Derived from the Phoenician alphabet, the Arabic script has been adopted for use in a wide variety of languages other than Arabic, including Persian, Kurdish, Malay and Urdu.

Modified letters and additional symbols

 * (standalone) -
 * -, final position only, often used in place of the final by some writers, especially in Egypt.
 * - (hamza over an ʾalif)
 * - (hamza under an ʾalif)
 * - (hamza over a wāw)
 * - (hamza over a dotless yāʾ )
 * - (hamza over a dotless yāʾ )

Diacritics -











 * - - missing on standard keyboards, seldom used, only appears in a small number of words.

Nunation -






Others

 * -, a lengthening symbol, has no phonetic value.

Brahui script
Other letters:

Jawi & Pegon script
Other letters:

Kazakh script
Other letters:

Ottoman Turkish script
Other letters:

Punjabi (Shahmukhi) script
Other letters:

Modified letters and additional symbols

 * (salshi rRay) -
 * (moredhaniya laam = retroflex laam) -
 * (moredhaiya meem) -
 * Khari zair
 * Moqoof jazam
 * Nokedaar topi numa jazam
 * hamzah
 * Khat-e-maddola
 * Arabic hamza above
 * fatHa
 * kasra
 * Damma
 * sukuun
 * shadda

Urdu script
Other letters: