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Arabic diacritics
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The Arabic script has numerous diacritics, which include consonant pointing known as iʻjām, and supplementary diacritics known as tashkīl. The latter include the vowel marks termed ḥarakāt.
7th-century kufic script without any ḥarakāt or i‘jām.
7th-century kufic script without any ḥarakāt or i‘jām.
Middle Kufic
Middle Kufic
Modern Kufic in Qur'an
Modern Kufic in Qur'an
Abjad
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An abjad is a writing system in which only consonants are represented by letter signs, leaving the vowels to be inferred by the reader. This contrasts with alphabets that provide graphemes for both co
Arabic diacritics
…تَشْكِيل, IPA: ). The latter include the vowel marks termed ḥarakāt (حَرَكَات, IPA: ; sing. حَرَكَة, ḥarakah, IPA: ). The Arabic script is a modified abjad, where all letters are consonants, leaving it up to the reader to fill in the vowel sounds. Short consonants and long vowels are represented by letters…
A specimen of Proto-Sinaitic script containing a phrase which may mean 'to Baalat'. The line running from the upper left to lower right reads mt l bcl
A specimen of Proto-Sinaitic script containing a phrase which may mean 'to Baalat'. The line running from the upper left to lower right reads mt l bclt.