Perso-Arabic script

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The Perso-Arabic script is a modified form of the Arabic writing system, expanded with additional letters and conventions to represent the sounds of Persian and several other languages across the Middle East and South Asia.

All labels observed (23)

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Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abjad
writing system
adaptedToPhonologyOf Indo-Aryan languages
Iranian languages
Persian
basedOn Arabic script
dominantStyleForArabicTexts Naskh script
surface form: Naskh (when used for Persianate languages)
dominantStyleForPersian Nastaʿlīq
hasAdditionalLetters ٹ
پ
ځ
څ
چ
ڈ
ډ
ڑ
ړ
ږ
ژ
ڤ
ڨ
گ
ں
ڼ
ے
hasContextualLetterForms final
initial
isolated
medial
hasCursiveJoining true
hasLigatures true
hasVariant Pashto alphabet
Persian alphabet
Shahmukhi script
Perso-Arabic script self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sindhi Arabic script

Urdu alphabet
historicalOriginPeriod early Islamic era
ISO15924Code Arab
primaryUseRegion Afghanistan
Central Asia
surface form: Central Asia (historically)

Iran
Iraq
Pakistan
parts of India
scriptFamily Arabic script family
supportsNumeralSystem Eastern Arabic numerals
Persian numerals
UnicodeScriptName Arabic
usedFor Balochi
surface form: Balochi language

Kashmiri language
Kurdish language
Ottoman Turkish
surface form: Ottoman Turkish (historically)

Pashto language
Persian language
Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi language (Shahmukhi)

Saraiki language
Sindhi language
Urdu language
Uyghur language (historically)
usedInLiteratureOf Greater Iran
surface form: Persianate world
usedInReligiousTextsOf Islamic communities using Persian and Urdu
usesDiacriticsFor gemination
short vowels
vowel absence (sukūn)
writingDirection right-to-left
writingSystemType consonant-based

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marathi–Konkani languages hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Astori Shina hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Kohistani Shina writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Hindustani language writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Landa replacedBy Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Perso-Arabic scripts
Roshanak writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Western Hindi hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Durr-i-Durrān script Perso-Arabic script
Diwan-e-Zafar script Perso-Arabic script
Purgi hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Sawanih writtenInScript Perso-Arabic script
Guilaki writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Balti people scriptCurrentlyUsed Perso-Arabic script
Purgi language script Perso-Arabic script
Balti language hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Shahi hasScript Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Nasir Khusraw writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Qashqai people usesScriptForLanguage Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Qašqāʾī scriptForLanguage Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Qashqai language hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Parcham faction script Perso-Arabic script
Mazanderani writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Nezami Aruzi writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet
Javanic languages writingSystemUsedByMembers Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Arabic script (Pegon)
Dardic languages writingSystem Perso-Arabic script
Chitrari writingSystemVariant Perso-Arabic script
Chitrali writingSystemVariant Perso-Arabic script
Gilak people usesScript Perso-Arabic script
this entity surface form: Persian alphabet