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ivanbakel
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A UC Santa Cruz professor unearthed the oldest alp...
Indeed, Arabic is an abjad.
fsckboy
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shouldn't it be called a bjd?
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georgeburdell
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I know you’re joking, but Arabic doesn’t write short vowels only. A as in “ah” is still written, so it would be “Abjd”
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DiogenesKynikos
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Abjads are a type of alphabet. In fact, they're the OG alphabet.
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