Arabic alphabet

The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing the Arabic language. Because the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, is written with this alphabet, its influence spread with that of Islam and it has been, and still is, used to write many other languages from families unrelated to the Semitic languages, such as Persian and Urdu. (See fuller list below.)

See also

• Arabic calligraphy - considered an art form in its own right
• Arabic numerals
• Arabic transliteration
• Arabic Chat Alphabet
• ArabTeX - provides Arabic support for TeX and LaTeX
• Jawi - an adapted Arabic alphabet for the Malay language