Existing in Kufic and Nashki varieties, it is used in Comorian, Wolof, Baluchi, and Mandinka.
Existing in Kufic and Nashki varieties, it is used in Comorian, Wolof, Baluchi, and Mandinka. When it first appeared in the fourth century, only sixteen shapes were used to represent the twenty-nine consonants. In modern times, short vowels and other diacritical marks are normally omitted from this uncased, cursive orthographic script based on Nabataean Aramaic. For 10 points, name this alphabet, the second-most common in the world after the Latin, and the most common in the Middle East.
Existing in Kufic and Nashki varieties, it is used in Comorian, Wolof, Baluchi, and Mandinka.
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