Arabic alphabet - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_alphabetThe Arabic alphabet , or Arabic abjad, is the Arabic script as it is codified for writing Arabic. It is written from right to left in a cursive style and includes 28 letters. Most letters have contextual letterforms. The Arabic alphabet is considered an abjad, meaning it only uses consonants, but it is now considered an "impure abjad". As with other impure abjads, such …
Arabic alphabet - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Arabic_alphabetConsonants. The basic Arabic alphabet contains 28 letters.Adaptations of the Arabic script for other languages added and removed some letters, as for Persian, Ottoman Turkish, Central Kurdish, Urdu, Sindhi, Malay, Pashto, Arwi and Arabi Malayalam, all of which have additional letters as shown below.