Alphabet perso-Arabic

The alphabet used to write the Persan is a modified form of the Arabic alphabet.

Here 28 characters used:

Other characters

The following letters are not new letters but rather a different form to write existing letters; and in the case of lām ʼalif , a binding.

Although they have the air at first sight similar, there are many differences in the way in which various languages use alphabets.

For example, of the similar words are written differently into Persan and Arabic, since they are not used in the same way.

The 4 additional letters compared to Arabic are the following ones:

Sources

  • 2005, (consulted page on June 17th, 2005), table of transliteration Persan-French.
  • Unipers.com, 2005, (consulted page on June 17th, 2005), alphabet and transliteration
  • Persianacademy.ir, 2003, (consulted page on June 17th, 2005), Academy Persian of language and culture

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