22 letters are in the arabic alphabet.
how many letter are in the arabic alphabet?
22
arabic alphabet









































the arabic alphabet ( ', or ') 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 as the hebrew alphabet, scribes later devised means of indicating vowel sounds by separate vowel diacritics.









































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arabic alphabet
the spoken dialects of arabic have occasionally been written, usually in the arabic alphabet. vernacular arabic was first recognized as a written language distinct from classical arabic in 17th century ottoman egypt, when the cairo elite began to trend towards colloquial writing. a record of the cairo vernacular of the time is found in the dictionary compiled by yusuf al-maghribi. more recently, many plays and poems, as well as a few other works exist in lebanese arabic and egyptian arabic; books of poetry, at least, exist for most varieties. in algeria, colloquial maghrebi arabic was taught as a separate subject under french colonization, and some textbooks exist. mizrahi jews throughout the arab world who spoke judeo-arabic dialects rendered newspapers, letters, accounts, stories, and translations of some parts of their liturgy in the hebrew alphabet, adding diacritics and other conventions for letters that exist in judeo-arabic but not hebrew. the latin alphabet was advocated for lebanese arabic by said aql, whose supporters published several books in his transcription. in 1944, abdelaziz pasha fahmi, a member of the academy of the arabic language in egypt proposed the replacement of the arabic alphabet with the latin alphabet. his proposal was discussed in two sessions in the communion but was rejected, and faced strong opposition in cultural circles. the latin alphabet is used by arabic speakers over the internet or for sending messages via cellular phones when the arabic alphabet is unavailable or difficult to use for technical reasons; this is also used in modern standard arabic when arabic speakers of different dialects communicate each other.
varieties of arabic