From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Belarusian Arabic alphabet
Belarusian Arabic alphabet
The Belarusian Arabic alphabet was based on the Arabic Ф, ф F, f ف
script and was developed in the 16th century (possibly
15th). It consisted of twenty-eight graphemes, including Ґ, ґ G, g غ
several additions to represent Belarusian sounds not Г, г H, h ه
found in Arabic.
The Belarusian Arabic alphabet was used by the Lipka Й, й J, j ى
Tatars, who had been invited to settle on Belarusian ter- К, к K, k ق
ritories. During the 14th–16th centuries they gradually
Л, л Ł, ł ل
stopped using their own language and started using the
Old Belarusian language rendered in the Belarusian Ara- М, м M, m م
bic alphabet. Books of that literary tradition are known
Н, н N, n ن
as Kitab (Belarusian: "Кітаб"), which is the Arabic word
for book. П, п P, p پ
Some Polish texts were also written in the Arabic
Р, р R, r ر
script, dated not earlier than 17th century.[citation needed]
С, с S, s ص
Additional graphemes Ш, ш Š, š ش
• For the sounds /ʒ/ (ж), /tʃ/ (ч) and /p/ (п), which Т, т T, t ط
are absent from the Arabic language, the following
Ў, ў Ŭŭ و
Persian graphemes were used:
پچژ В, в Vv و
З, з Zz ض
• For denoting the soft /dz/ (дз) and /ts/ (ц) sounds,
the following newly-constructed graphemes were Ж, ж Žž ژ
used:
ЦЬ, ць Ćć س
and ДЗЬ, дзь DŹ, dź
These graphemes were used during the 18th-20th ЛЬ, ль L, l ل
centuries.[citation needed]
• The sounds /w/ (ў) and /v/ (в) were both НЬ, нь Ń, ń ن
represented by the same symbol: СЬ, сь Ś, ś ث
و
ЗЬ, зь Ź, ź ز
ТЬ, ть TJ, tj ت
Equivalence chart КЬ, кь KJ, kj ك
As only consonants were written, there do not seem to be ’ – ع
equivalents for vowels.
Ь, ь – -
Cyrillic Latin Arabic
Source: be-x-old:Беларускі альфабэт
Б, б B, b ب
Ц, ц C, c
References
Ч, ч Č, č چ • Д-р Я. Станкевіч. Беларускія мусульмане і
Х, х CH, ch خ беларуская літаратура арабскім пісьмом. [Адбітка
з гадавіка Беларускага Навуковага Таварыства, кн.
Д, д D, d د I.] – Вільня : Друкарня Я. Левіна, 1933 ; Менск :
ДЖ, дж DŽ, dž ج Беларускае коопэрацыйна-выдавецкае
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таварыства ″Адраджэньне″, 1991 [факсімільн.]. –
3-е выд.
See also
• Belarusian Latin alphabet
• Arebica – modified Arabic script used for the Bosnian
External links language
• Kitabs, the unique highlight of the Belarusian
language at pravapis.org
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Categories:
• Arabic alphabets
• Belarusian language
• Tatar language
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