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Arabic script (الكتابة العربية) is the writing system used for Arabic and several other languages. This topic covers its letters, positional forms, dots, and optional vowel marks.

Colorful Arabic letters in yellow, red, and turquoise floating against a dark starry background.
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Can You Read Arabic without Dots?

Historically, Arabic was written without vowel signs or dots, a "skeleton script" that makes reading challenging. This article demonstrates how five distinct Arabic letters become identical without dots, and credits al-Farahidi for developing the modern system with diacritics.