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.

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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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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