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==== Arabic Diacritics ==== | ==== Arabic Diacritics ==== | ||
Arabic diacritics include short vowels and other symbols written either above or below consonants. Diacritics are rarely used outside of religious texts but are sometimes included to reduce ambiguity. | Arabic diacritics include short vowels and other symbols written either above or below consonants. Diacritics are rarely used outside of religious texts but are sometimes included to reduce ambiguity. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ | |||
!Diacritic | |||
!Name | |||
!Transliteration | |||
!Characterization | |||
|- | |||
|ــَـ | |||
|فَتْحَة (Fathah) | |||
|a, e | |||
|short vowel | |||
|- | |||
|ــُـ | |||
|ضَمَّة (Dammah) | |||
|u,o | |||
|short vowel | |||
|- | |||
|ــِـ | |||
|كَسْرَة (Kasrah) | |||
|i | |||
|short vowel | |||
|- | |||
|ــْـ | |||
|سُكون (Sukun) | |||
|n/a | |||
|"silencer"; indicates that a consonant is not followed by a vowel sound | |||
|- | |||
|ــّـ | |||
|شَدَّة (Shaddah) | |||
|n/a | |||
|"doubles" consonants, indicates that final consonant of a syllable is the same as the initial consonant of the next syllable | |||
|} | |||
==== Additional Letters and Ligatures ==== | ==== Additional Letters and Ligatures ==== | ||