Uyghur Arabic alphabet

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The Uyghur Arabic alphabet is a Perso-Arabic–based script adapted to represent the sounds of the Uyghur language, historically used by Uyghur communities in Central Asia.

All labels observed (9)

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Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abjad ⓘ
alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
adaptedFrom Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Persian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
basedOn Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
competesWith Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
Uyghur Latin alphabet ⓘ
designedToRepresent Uyghur phonology ⓘ
hasCharacterType consonant letters ⓘ
diacritics ⓘ
vowel letters ⓘ
hasDistinctLettersFor Uyghur consonants ⓘ
Uyghur vowels ⓘ
hasISO15924Code Arab ⓘ
hasLetter ئ ⓘ
ا ⓘ
ب ⓘ
ت ⓘ
ج ⓘ
خ ⓘ
د ⓘ
ر ⓘ
ز ⓘ
س ⓘ
ش ⓘ
غ ⓘ
ف ⓘ
ق ⓘ
ك ⓘ
ل ⓘ
م ⓘ
ن ⓘ
و ⓘ
ى ⓘ
ي ⓘ
پ ⓘ
چ ⓘ
ژ ⓘ
ڭ ⓘ
گ ⓘ
ھ ⓘ
ۆ ⓘ
ۈ ⓘ
ې ⓘ
ە ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Arabic ⓘ
Arabic Extended-A ⓘ
Arabic Supplement ⓘ
historicallyUsedBy Uyghur communities in Central Asia ⓘ
officialStatusIn Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Xinjiang
primaryUsagePeriod 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
representsLanguageFamily Turkic languages ⓘ
scriptFamily Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
usedBy Uyghur people ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
usedFor Uyghur language ⓘ
usedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

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

Uyghur language (historically) → writingSystem → Uyghur Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Eastern Arabic numerals → usedInLanguage → Uyghur (Arabic script) ⓘ
linked to: Uyghur Arabic alphabet
Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Uyghur language ⓘ
linked to: Uyghur Arabic alphabet
Uyghurs → writingSystem → Uyghur Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Old Turkic language → writingSystem → Uyghur script ⓘ
linked to: Uyghur Arabic alphabet
Chagatai script → replacedBy → modern Uyghur Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Uyghur Arabic alphabet
Urumqi → hasOfficialScript → Uyghur Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Uyghur Arabic alphabet
Uyghur Latin alphabet → relatedTo → Uyghur Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Uyghur Latin alphabet → alternativeTo → Arabic-based Uyghur script ⓘ
linked to: Uyghur Arabic alphabet
Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet → competesWith → Uyghur Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Modern Uyghur → hasWritingSystem → Uyghur Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Karakorum → languageOfAdministration → Uyghur script ⓘ
linked to: Uyghur Arabic alphabet
Uyghur language → writingSystem → Uyghur Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Uyghur language → scriptStatusInChina → Uyghur Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Uyghur language → historicalScript → Uyghur Ereb Yëziqi ⓘ
linked to: Uyghur Arabic alphabet
Äynu language → usesScript → Uyghur Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Aral → hasOfficialWritingSystem → Uyghur Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Uyghur Arabic alphabet
Turkic scripts → hasWritingSystem → Uyghur script ⓘ
linked to: Uyghur Arabic alphabet
Arabic Extended-A → usedForWriting → Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghur Arabic alphabet
Mengu-Timur → usedScript → Uyghur script ⓘ
linked to: Uyghur Arabic alphabet