Arabic Script

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From: Bowyer Jeff
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1993 20:47

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Phil Helms (PHIL@MASH.Colorado.EDU) wrote:

> Re Arabic script:
>   I would think that Arabic script would be considered an alphabet,
>   both because of its small number of characters (compared to, for
>   example, Chinese or Japanese) and because the characters represent
>   sounds.
>   Although a letter in Arabic can have four forms (separate, initial,
>   medial, and final), that fact doesn't mean that Arabic script is
>   not an alphabet, just a more complex alphabet, which can probably
>   be handled in 8 bits.

Arabic *is* an alphabet that is commonly represented in a single byte
environment.  Arabic Windows is an example.

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