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The Belarusian Arabic alphabet (Belarusian: Беларускі арабскі алфавіт, Biełaruski arabski ałfavit) or Arabitsa (Арабіца, Arabica) was based on the Arabic script and was developed in the 16th century (possibly 15th). It consisted of twenty-eight graphemes, including several additions to represent Belarusian phonemes not found in the Arabic language.

Kitab in Arabitsa, c. 1750-1800
Kitab in Arabitsa, c. 1750-1800

The Belarusian Arabic alphabet was used by the Lipka Tatars, who had been invited to settle in Belarusian territory, at the time part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. During the 14th–16th centuries they gradually stopped using their own language and started using the Old Belarusian language rendered in the Belarusian Arabic alphabet. Books of that literary tradition are known in Belarusian as Kitab (Belarusian: "Кітаб"), which is Arabic for book.

Example of text in Arabitsa
Example of text in Arabitsa

Some Polish texts were also written in the Arabic script in the 17th century or later.[1]


Additional graphemes


ژ چ پ
( )
These graphemes were used during the 16th–20th centuries to write Belarusian and Polish.[1]
و

Equivalence chart



Vowels


/a/ is consistently written long (that is, with a mater lectionis), while /e/ is consistently written short.

/o/ is most commonly written long.[2]


Consonants


Cyrillic Latin Arabic
Contextual forms Isolated
Final Medial Initial
Б б B b ـب ـبـ بـ ب
В в V v ـو و
Г г H h ـه ـهـ هـ ه
Ґ ґ G g ـغ ـغـ غـ غ
Д д D d ـد د
Дж дж Dž dž ـج ـجـ جـ ج
Дзь дзь Dź dź ـࢮ ()
Ж ж Ž ž ـژ ژ
З з Z z ـض ـضـ ضـ ض
Зь зь Ź ź ـز ز
Й й J j ـى ـىـ ىـ ى
К к K k ـق ـقـ قـ ق
Кь кь Kj kj ـك ـكـ كـ ك
Л л, Ль ль Ł ł, L l ـل ـلـ لـ ل
М м M m ـم ـمـ مـ م
Н н, Нь нь N n, Ń ń ـن ـنـ نـ ن
П п P p ـپ ـپـ پـ پ
Р р R r ـر ر
С с S s ـص ـصـ صـ ص
Сь сь Ś ś ـث ـثـ ثـ ث
Т т T t ـط ـطـ طـ ط
Ў ў Ŭ ŭ ـو و
Ф ф F f ـف ـفـ فـ ف
Х х Ch ch ـح ـحـ حـ ح
Ц ц C c ـࢯ ـࢯـ ࢯـ ()
Ць ць Ć ć ـت ـتـ تـ ت
Ч ч Č č ـچ ـچـ چـ چ
Ш ш Š š ـش ـشـ شـ ش
ـعـ
ь

Ligature


Cyrillic Latin Arabic
Contextual forms Isolated
Final Medial Initial
Ла ла, Ля ля Ła ła, La la ـلا لا

See also



References


  1. Ilya Yevlampiev, Karl Pentzlin and Nurlan Joomagueldinov, N4072 Revised Proposal to encode Arabic characters used for Bashkir, Belarusian, Crimean Tatar, and Tatar languages, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2, 20 May 2011.
  2. "Антон Антановіч. Беларускія тэксты, пісаныя арабскім пісьмом". knihi.com (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2022-05-27.

Further reading





На других языках


- [en] Belarusian Arabic alphabet

[ru] Белорусский арабский алфавит

Белору́сский ара́бский алфави́т возник в XVI веке как средство записи белорусского языка с помощью арабской письменности. Он состоит из двадцати восьми графем, с некоторыми отличиями от обычного арабского алфавита.



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