History of Arabic language

	Revision 12 . . November 14, 2001 11:28 pm by Hannes Hirzel [factored out 'Arabic alphabet']
	Revision 11 . . September 25, 2001 9:10 am by AstroNomer [I find the second paragraph not clear enough. Can someone check it?]

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The Arabic alphabet derives from the Aramaic. It is similar to the Hebrew alphabet, in that it is considered a "defective" script. This refers to the fact that short vowels are not written in most books and periodicals, so one must infer these vowels from context. This situation is ameliorated by the fact that semitic languages put much of their meaning in consonants and long vowels, which are written.

The Arabic alphabet derives from the Aramaic.

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