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)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T66748 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Perso-Arabic script Context triple: [Arabic, hasDerivedScript, Perso-Arabic script]
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A.
Cyrillic script
The Cyrillic script is an alphabetic writing system used for many Slavic and other Eurasian languages, including Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian.
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B.
Arabic
Arabic is a Semitic language widely spoken across the Arab world and used as a liturgical language in Islam.
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C.
Judeo-Arabic
Judeo-Arabic is a group of Arabic dialects historically spoken and written by Jewish communities, typically using the Hebrew script and incorporating Hebrew and Aramaic elements.
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D.
Persian language
Persian language is a major modern Iranian language spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, known for its rich literary tradition and historical influence across the Middle East and Central Asia.
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E.
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Perso-Arabic script Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Cyrillic script
The Cyrillic script is an alphabetic writing system used for many Slavic and other Eurasian languages, including Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian.
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B.
Arabic
Arabic is a Semitic language widely spoken across the Arab world and used as a liturgical language in Islam.
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C.
Judeo-Arabic
Judeo-Arabic is a group of Arabic dialects historically spoken and written by Jewish communities, typically using the Hebrew script and incorporating Hebrew and Aramaic elements.
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D.
Persian language
Persian language is a major modern Iranian language spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, known for its rich literary tradition and historical influence across the Middle East and Central Asia.
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E.
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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surface form:
Persianate world
|
| usedInReligiousTextsOf | Islamic communities using Persian and Urdu ⓘ |
| usesDiacriticsFor |
gemination
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short vowels ⓘ vowel absence (sukūn) ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | consonant-based ⓘ |
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Subject: Perso-Arabic script Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (178)
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