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- Arabic has 28 letters (29 if the Hamza is counted as a consonant)[1] , and virtually all are consonants. Short vowels are indicated using diacritic marks placed above or below these consonants, including nunation to express varied grammatical functions.[2][3]
- Arabic is written from right to left, unlike English. The Arabic letters are:
ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي.[2] - Besides the standard letters, Arabic uses special characters and signs to denote short vowels and grammatical structures. Examples include: ء (Hamza), ة (Taa Marbuta), ى (Alif Maqsoora), and آ (Alif Maddah).
- Letters fall into two categories: joinable and non-joinable. Certain letters cannot connect to a following letter.
- Joinable letters attach to adjacent letters within words. Conversely, non-joinable letters such as: ر, ز, ذ, د, و, and ا, do not connect to the next letter.
Fig 1. Arabic Keyboard Layout
Arabic (العربية) [Pronounced: /al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabiː/] refers to a family of languages that evolved from 6th-century CE Classical Arabic. Today, it encompasses a diverse range of spoken varieties across the Middle East and North Africa.
Arabic belongs to the Central Semitic branch, placing it alongside Hebrew, Aramaic, Ugaritic, and Phoenician [4]. While Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is derived from Classical Arabic, it differs significantly from regional dialects. The two coexist, with MSA used in formal settings and dialects dominating everyday conversation.
The modern written form—known as Modern Standard Arabic—traces its origins to Quranic (Classical) Arabic and is widely used in education, media, government, and religion. Together with Classical Arabic, it forms literary Arabic, the official language of 26 countries and the liturgical language of Islam [5].
While MSA retains much of its Quranic grammar and vocabulary, it has evolved over time. It has dropped many archaic constructions and adopted new terminology—often borrowed from regional dialects—to better express modern concepts, sciences, and technologies.
Arabic has had a profound influence on many languages, particularly across the Islamic world. It has contributed extensively to the vocabularies of Persian, Turkish, Somali, Bosnian, Kazakh, Bengali, Urdu, Hindi, Malay, Hausa, and more. During the Middle Ages, Arabic served as a major cultural and scholarly medium in Europe, especially in the fields of mathematics, science, medicine, and philosophy.
Its influence also extends deeply into European languages—particularly Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, and Sicilian—thanks to nearly 800 years of Muslim (Moorish) presence in Al-Andalus. This long interaction resulted in extensive lexical and grammatical borrowing.
On a technical note, the Arabic script is an abjad (a writing system primarily representing consonants). It’s written from right to left and features contextual letter forms, meaning the shape of a letter changes depending on its position in a word. The script is fully standardised under the Unicode Standard [6].
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
References:
- [1] LibreTexts. “The consonant Hamza (ء) is a unique Arabic consonant representing a glottal stop… can appear in beginning, middle, or end positions.” Retrieved from https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Languages /Arabic/Arabic_Level_One/04%3A_Chapter_Four-_Introduce_Self/4.03%3A_The_Consonant_Hamza
- [2] Babbel. “The Arabic alphabet has 28 letters, all of which are consonants (though three can act as vowels in certain situations).” Retrieved from https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/arabic-alphabet
- [3] An educational resource on the Arabic alphabet. “The Arabic alphabet consists of 28 letters, all considered consonants; vowels are indicated by diacritic marks above or below consonants.” Retrieved from https://tplsites.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/ARBxx-ENGus/grammar/AGPAlphabet.htm
- [4] Wikipedia-cited sources (e.g., internal linguistics sources) “Central Semitic includes Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic (Northwest Semitic).” Retrieved from Central Semitic classification
- [5] Britannica (via trusted summary) “Semitic languages include Arabic among major official languages in 26 countries...” Retrieved from Britannica (Summary)
- [6] Unicode Consortium. “The Unicode Standard, Version 12.0—Middle East-I: Arabic Script Usage.” Retrieved from https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode12.0.0 /ch09.pdf
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