An abjad (/ˈæbdʒæd/, Arabic: أبجد), also abgad, is a writing system in which only consonants are represented, leaving the vowel sounds to be inferred...
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The Abjad numerals, also called Hisab al-Jummal (Arabic: حِسَاب ٱلْجُمَّل, ḥisāb al-jummal), are a decimal alphabetic numeral system/alphanumeric code...
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Arabic alphabet (redirect from Arabic abjad)
The Arabic alphabet, or the Arabic abjad, is the Arabic script as specifically codified for writing the Arabic language. It is written from right-to-left...
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Hebrew alphabet (redirect from Hebrew abjad)
as the Ktav Ashuri, Jewish script, square script and block script, is an abjad script used in the writing of the Hebrew language and other Jewish languages...
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Persian alphabet (redirect from Persian Abjad)
the Northwest Semitic abjad, 6 extra letters not in any of the 22 letters of the Phoenician alphabet or the Northwest Semitic abjad and 4 extra letters...
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Geʽez script (section Geʽez abjad)
and Nilo-Saharan languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It originated as an abjad (consonantal alphabet) and was first used to write the Geʽez language, now...
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Phoenician alphabet (redirect from Phoenician abjad)
question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Phoenician alphabet is an abjad (consonantal alphabet) used across the Mediterranean civilization of Phoenicia...
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both consonants and vowels—from both abugidas and abjads, which only need letters for consonants. Abjads generally lack vowel indicators altogether, while...
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Abugida (section Vowelled abjads)
alphabet, in which vowels have status equal to consonants, and with an abjad, in which vowel marking is absent, partial, or optional – in less formal...
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Samekh is the fifteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician sāmek 𐤎, Hebrew sāmeḵ ס, Aramaic samek 𐡎, Syriac semkaṯ ܣ, and Arabic sīn...
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