An abjad (/ˈæbdʒæd/, Arabic: أبجد, Hebrew: אבגד), also abgad, is a writing system in which only consonants are represented, leaving the vowel sounds to...

The Abjad numerals, also called Hisab al-Jummal (Arabic: حِسَاب ٱلْجُمَّل, ḥisāb al-jummal), are a decimal alphabetic numeral system/alphanumeric code...

The Arabic alphabet, or the Arabic abjad, is the Arabic script as specifically codified for writing the Arabic language. It is written from right-to-left...

as the Ktav Ashuri, Jewish script, square script and block script, is an abjad script used in the writing of the Hebrew language and other Jewish languages...

the Northwest Semitic abjad, 6 extra letters not in any of the 22 letters of the Phoenician alphabet or the Northwest Semitic abjad and 4 extra letters...

question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Phoenician alphabet is an abjad (consonantal alphabet) used across the Mediterranean civilization of Phoenicia...

and Nilo-Saharan languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It originated as an abjad (consonantal alphabet) and was first used to write the Geʽez language, now...

alphabet, in which vowels have status equal to consonants, and with an abjad, in which vowel marking is absent, partial, or optional – in less formal...

both consonants and vowels—from both abugidas and abjads, which only need letters for consonants. Abjads generally lack vowel indicators altogether, while...

Spanish political party Fisheries Agency, Taiwan Fa (letter) of the Arabic abjad Faʼ language, Bantu language of Cameroon fa, ISO 639-1 code of the Persian...

– present) (Zomoroda) Barney & Friends (3 April 2000 – 1 January 2011) (Abjad) Bartok the Magnificent (Movies) Batman: The Animated Series (15 July 2000...

introduced by Sa'id Kaban Sedqi. Unlike the Persian alphabet, which is an abjad, Central Kurdish is almost a true alphabet in which vowels are given the...

Norway, Finland) Iranian manual alphabet (an abjad; also used in Egypt) Israeli manual alphabet (an abjad) Italian manual alphabet Korean manual alphabet...

Samekh is the fifteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician sāmek 𐤎, Hebrew sāmeḵ ס‎, Aramaic samek 𐡎, Syriac semkaṯ ܣ, and Arabic sīn...

Ottoman Turkish alphabet Script type Abjad Time period 1299–1928 Direction Right-to-left script  Languages Ottoman Turkish Related scripts Parent systems...

The Old Uyghur alphabet is a cursive-joining alphabet with features of an abjad. Letters join together at a baseline, and have both isolated and contextual...

The Ugaritic writing system is a cuneiform abjad (consonantal alphabet) with syllabic elements used from around either 1400 BCE or 1300 BCE for Ugaritic...

(or alef or alif, transliterated ʾ) is the first letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic ʾalif ا‎, Aramaic ʾālap 𐡀, Hebrew ʾālef א‎, North Arabian...

Urdu script is an abjad script derived from the modern Persian script, which is itself a derivative of the Arabic script. As an abjad, the Urdu script...

(šīn) or Sheen) is the twenty-first and penultimate letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic šīn ش‎‎‎, Aramaic šīn 𐡔, Hebrew šīn ש‎, Phoenician šīn...

modern authors distinguish between consonantal alphabets, with the term abjad coined for them in 1996, and "true alphabets" with letters for both consonants...

Kanzul Alam, the sultan of Brunei, dated 28 November 1819. Script type Abjad Time period c. 1300 CE to the present Direction Right-to-left Languages...

alphabets use letters to represent both consonant and vowel sounds, while abjads only have letters representing consonants, and abugidas use characters corresponding...

Alef or aleph is the first letter of the Semitic abjads. Alef may also refer to: Alef Poh-ji (born 1987), Thai football player Alef (footballer, born 1993)...

strokes). Abjad – No expression of the individual vowels at all except for indications of an initial or final vowel (e.g., Taylor). Marked abjad – Expression...

means of matres lectionis or added diacritical signs, have been called abjads by Peter T. Daniels to distinguish them from alphabets such as the Greek...

boxes, or other symbols. Qoph is the nineteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic qāf ق‎, Aramaic qop 𐡒, Hebrew qūp̄ ק‎, Phoenician qōp...

Yodh (also spelled jodh, yod, or jod) is the tenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic yāʾ ي‎, Aramaic yod 𐡉, Hebrew yud י‎, Phoenician yōd...

The Uyghur Arabic alphabet (Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر ئەرەب يېزىقى, romanized: Uyghur Ereb Yëziqi or UEY) is a version of the Arabic alphabet used for writing the...

are based around Hebrew names, such as Gimel, Sameth, and Aleph. It is an abjad, meaning there are no vowels. It is read and written from left to right...