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Comment by ivanbakel

4 months ago

Indeed, Arabic is an abjad.

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fsckboy  4 months ago

shouldn't it be called a bjd?

  • georgeburdell  4 months ago

    I know you’re joking, but Arabic doesn’t write short vowels only. A as in “ah” is still written, so it would be “Abjd”

DiogenesKynikos  4 months ago

Abjads are a type of alphabet. In fact, they're the OG alphabet.

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