Arebica
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Arebica or arabica was a variant of the Arabic alphabet used by Bosnian Muslims to write the Bosnian language.[citation needed] It was used mainly between the 15th and 19th centuries. In the 20th century there were some efforts made to accept Arebica as the third alphabet for writing (alongside Latin and Cyrillic script), but they were unsuccessful and Arebica was officially forbidden[citation needed]. The last book was printed in this alphabet was in 1941.
Arebica was made of original Arabic letters with some special characters added (used for phonemes not known in the Arabic language). The final version of Arebica was made by Mehmed Džemaludin Čaušević at the end of the 19th century. His version of alphabet was called also Matufovica, Matufovača or Mektebica.
| arabica | latinica | arabica | latinica | arabica | latinica |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| آ | a | غ | g | ۉ | o |
| ب | b | ح | h | پ | p |
| ڄ | c | اى | i | ر | r |
| چ | č | ي | j | س | s |
 |
ć | ق | k | ش | š |
| د | d | ل | l | ت | t |
| ج | dž | ڵ | lj | ۆ | u |
 |
đ | م | m | و | v |
| ه | e | ن | n | ز | z |
| ف | f |  |
nj | ژ | ž |
Text example:
- مۉليمۉ سه ذهبي بۉژه = Molimo se tebi, Bože (We pray to you, o God)
[edit] See also
- Gaj's Latin alphabet
- Serbian Cyrillic alphabet
- Belarusian Arabic alphabet, another script used by Slavic-speaking Muslims
[edit] External links
- Hevaji Text examples: Hevaji, Kaimija, etc.
- Još malo o arebici (More on arebica)
[edit] References
- Enciklopedija leksikografskog zavoda, entry: Arabica. Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod, Zagreb, 1966
