Uyghur Arabic alphabet

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The Uighur alphabet (also: Uyghur alphabet) is the alphabet created by the Uighurs to read and write the Uighur language. It is based on the Arabic alphabet. Unlike the Arabic alphabet, however, Uighur has specific letters to write vowel sounds, rather than just diacritic marks. Writing vowels in Uighur is required, not optional. This means that the writing system is a true alphabet, not an abjad like Arabic.

Letters
The modern Uyghur Arabic alphabet has 8 vowels, 24 consonants, and 32 letters in all.
 Letter  IPA  Englishapproximation     As o in off     As e in bed     As b in bat     As p in put     As t in top     As j in jump     As ch in chair     As h in hat, but the tongueis way further back     As d in dog     As r in red     As z in zebra     As g in montage     As s in sing     As sh in brush     As g in good, but the tongueis way further back and theair is vibrating     As f in find     As k in king, but thetongue is further back     As k in king     As g in good     As ng in sing     As l in lever     As m in man     As n in not     As h in hat     As o in more     As oo in boot     As u in cut, but thelips are rounded     As i in bit, but thelips are rounded   ~  As v in vine     As ay in pay     As ee in see     As y in yes

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