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<\/p>\nThe spread of Islam during the 650-900 AD in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and in South East Asia between 1200 and 1500 AD was inevitably accompanied by the need to be able to read and understand the Book of Islam, the Quran. Around the same time, the Turks and Africans who embraced Islam had similar needs. For these religious and other political reasons, Arabic had great influence on other languages. Apart from borrowing from the Arabic lexicon, most languages in those parts of the world adopt the Arabic writing system with slight modifications and diacritical additions to accommodate variations in sound systems.<\/p>\n
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Until the first quarter of the past century, over thirty languages used and some still do use the Arabic scripts in Europe, namely the former Soviet Union, Asia and Africa. Following is a list of thirty-three languages that employed or has been employing the Arabic Alphabet for their writing systems:<\/p>\n
1)\u00a0 Afghan<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Afghan language which includes Dari and Pashto has been written in Arabic scripts. Pashto is spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan, while Dari is spoken in Afghanistan and some neighboring regions of Iran.<\/p>\n 2)\u00a0 Arwi<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Arwi is spoken in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu and some parts of Sri Lanka and is written in Arabic scripts especially among Muslims in these regions.<\/p>\n 3)\u00a0 Azerbaijani<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Azerbaijani or Azeri was written in Arabic scripts until the 1920s. It is spoken in Azerbaijan, Dagestan, and Iran. In Iran, it uses the Persian alphabet.<\/p>\n 4)\u00a0 Bahasa Melayu<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Bahasa Melayu (Malay) which is spoken in Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia is written primarily in Roman Alphabet but Arabic-Javi scripts are still used.<\/p>\n 5)\u00a0 Balochi<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Balochi language which is spoken in parts of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan is still written in Arabic scripts nowadays.<\/p>\n 6)\u00a0 Brahui<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Brahui a regional language which is spoken in some parks of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan, and uses two writing systems: Arabic scripts and Roman alphabet.<\/p>\n 7)\u00a0 Dogri<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Dogri is spoken by around 4 million speakers in parts of Pakistan and India, namely Jammu, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh. It is written in Arabic scripts.<\/p>\n 8)\u00a0 Fula<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Fula which is spoken in many countries in west and central Africa and is written in Arabic scripts in Cameroon and Guinea.<\/p>\n 9)\u00a0 Hausa<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Hausa which is spoken in northern Nigeria and Niger is written in Ajami Arabic-based scripts.<\/p>\n 10)\u00a0 Hindustani<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Hindustani which is spoken in Northern India is still written in Arabic scripts with a sprinkle of Urdu character given the similarities in the sound system between the two languages.<\/p>\n 11)\u00a0 Iranian<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Iranian, Persian, or Farsi which is spoken in the Islamic Republic of Iran and parts of Afghanistan uses Arabic scripts.<\/p>\n 12)\u00a0 Javanese<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Javanese which is spoken in Java island in Indonesia and was written fully in Arabic until the 1920s, nowadays Pegon scripts which are based on Arabic are sometimes used instead of Roman alphabet.<\/p>\n 13)\u00a0 Kashgari<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Kashgari \/ Uyghur which is spoken in the district of Kashgar in the province of Xinjiang in northwestern China is written in Arabic scripts.<\/p>\n 14)\u00a0 Kashmiri<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Kashmiri which is spoken in the State of Kashmir Jammu in India and some parts of Pakistan is still written in Arabic scripts especially among Kashmiri Muslims.<\/p>\n 15)\u00a0 Kazanian<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Kazanian which was spoken in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan that is currently part of the Russian Federation, was written in Arabic scripts until the 1920s. Thereafter, it\u2019s been written in Latin alphabet.<\/p>\n 16)\u00a0 Kirghiz<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Kirghiz which is spoken in Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang province of China was written in Arabic scripts until the 1920s, but is still written in Arabic in Xinjiang until today.<\/p>\n 17)\u00a0 Kumyk<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Kumyk language which is spoken in the Northern Caucasus was written in Arabic scripts until late 1920s.<\/p>\n 18)\u00a0 Lahndi<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Lahndi which is spoken in the Punjab territory of Pakistan and the neighboring areas in India uses Arabic scripts.<\/p>\n 19)\u00a0 Malayalam<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Malayalam which is spoken in Kerala State in India is written in Arabi-Malayalam scripts especially among Muslims.<\/p>\n 20)\u00a0 Nakho<\/strong>–Dagestanian<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Nakho-Dagestanian which is spoken in the Caucasus was written in Arabic scripts until the 1920s.<\/p>\n 21)\u00a0 Punjabi<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Punjabi which is spoken in the province of Punjab in Pakistan and the State of Punjab in India is written in Arabic scripts particularly among Muslims.<\/p>\n 22)\u00a0 Saraiki<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Saraiki (and Multani, a dialect of Saraiki) which is spoken in some parts of the Punjab province of Pakistan is written in Arabic scripts with the addition of seven diacritically modified letters to represent the extra sound features of the language.<\/p>\n 23)\u00a0 Shina<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Shina which is spoken in the Pakistani region of Baltistan and some parts of India is still written in Arabic scripts.<\/p>\n 24)\u00a0 Sindhi<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Sindhi which is spoken in the province of Sindh in Pakistan and the neighboring areas in India is still written in Arabic scrips among the Sindhi Pakistanis.<\/p>\n 25)\u00a0 Somali<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Somali which is spoken in Somalia and is officially written in Latin alphabet, but an Arabic-based script called wadaad writing is also used, especially for religious purposes.<\/p>\n 26)\u00a0 Sorani<\/strong> Kurdish<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Sorani Kurdish is a variety of Kurdish language that is spoken Kurdistan territory of Iraq. It is written in Arabic scripts.<\/p>\n 27)\u00a0 Sundanese<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Sundanese which is spoken in Java island in Indonesia was written in Arabic scripts until the 1920s; at present it uses Pegon-Arabic scripts especially for religious purposes.<\/p>\n 28)\u00a0 Swahili<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Swahili which is spoken in Tanzania, Kenya, and other countries in central Africa has two writing systems: Arabic-Swahili scripts and Roman-Swahili alphabet.<\/p>\n 29)\u00a0 Tausug<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Tausug which is spoken in Sulu Province in the Philippines is written in Arabic script as well as Latin-based Malay alphabet.<\/p>\n 30)\u00a0 Turkish<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Turkish which is spoken in Tukey was written in Arabic scripts until it was abolished by Ataturk in the late 1920s and replace by the Latin alphabet.<\/p>\n 31)\u00a0 Turkmen<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Turkmen which is spoken in Turkmenistan, the north of Iran, and the north of Afghanistan was written in Arabic scripts until the 1920s.<\/p>\n 32)\u00a0 Urdu<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Urdu which is the official language of Pakistan and is spoken in some parts of India is written in Arabic scripts.<\/p>\n 33)\u00a0 Uzbek<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Uzbek language which is spoken in Uzbekistan was written in Arabic scripts until the 1920s.<\/p>\n 34)\u00a0 Wolof<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Wolof which is spoken in Senegal is written in Wolofal which is Arabic-based writing system, but the Roman-based alphabet is more widespread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The spread of Islam during the 650-900 AD in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and in South East Asia between 1200 and 1500 AD was inevitably accompanied by the need to be able to read and understand the Book of Islam, the Quran. Around the same time, the Turks and Africans who embraced Islam had similar needs…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/03\/Arabic-Scripts-350x320.png\")