<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains Arabic text . Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains Arabic text . Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols . </Td> </Tr> <P> The Arabic alphabet (Arabic: الأَبْجَدِيَّة العَرَبِيَّة ‎ ‎ al - abjadīyah al - ʻarabīyah, or الحُرُوف العَرَبِيَّة al - ḥurūf al - ʻarabīyah) or Arabic abjad is the Arabic script as it is codified for writing the Arabic language . It is written from right to left in a cursive style and includes 28 letters . </P> <P> Originally, the alphabet was an abjad, with only consonants, but it is now considered an "impure abjad". As with other abjads, such as the Hebrew alphabet, scribes later devised means of indicating vowel sounds by separate vowel points . </P>

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