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1. Arabic Script

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   The Arabic script (الخط العربي, al-khaṭṭ al-ʿarabī) is a writing system used primarily for writing the Arabic language across the Middle East and North Africa, as well as for numerous other languages in the Islamic world, including Persian, Urdu, and Ottoman Turkish (before the adoption of the Latin alphabet). It belongs to the family of abjads, characterized by the primary representation of consonants, with optional use of dia…

2. Mixed Systems

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   Alphabetic-Abugida Overlays
   In some Afro-Asiatic scripts, elements associated with the abugida structure (where consonants possess inherent vowels, modified by diacritics) are overlaid onto an otherwise consonantal root structure typical of ancient abjads. This historical layering suggests a pragmatic adaptation to accurately represent phonemes requiring explicit vowel notation that the base consonantal system struggled to convey consistently across all morphological contexts [2]. The inherent stability of the base consonant is preserved, whi…

3. Syllabary

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   A syllabary is a set of written symbols (graphemes) where each symbol, or syllable sign, primarily represents a syllable—a phonological unit typically consisting of a consonant and a following vowel ($\text{CV}$), or sometimes just a vowel ($\text{V}$) or a single consonant ($\text{C}$, often at the end of a syllable cluster, known as a coda sign). This contrasts with an alphabet where characters represent individual phonemes (vowels or consonants) or an abjad where only consonants are represented. Syllabaries are foundational to several major …