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For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">Help:IPA</a>. For the distinction between <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ ]</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ /</span> and ⟨<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"> </span>⟩, see <a href="/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet#Brackets_and_transcription_delimiters" title="International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters</a>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Variant of Arabic script used to write the Afrikaans language</div> <p><b>Arabic Afrikaans</b> (<a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a>: <span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">Arabies Afrikaans</i></span>, Arabic Afrikaans: <span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">عربس افركانس</span></span>) or <b>Lisan-e-Afrikaans</b> (<span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">لسانِ افرکانس</span></span>) is a form of <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a> written in the <a href="/wiki/Perso-Arabic_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Perso-Arabic script">Perso-Arabic script</a>. It began in the 1830s in the <a href="/wiki/Madrasa" title="Madrasa">madrasa</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>. Beside a 16th-century manuscript in the <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German language</a> written with Arabic script,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is the only Germanic language known to have been written in the <a href="/wiki/Perso-Arabic_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Perso-Arabic script">Perso-Arabic script</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arabic Afrikaans is not a <a href="/wiki/Mixed_language" title="Mixed language">mixed language</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Letters">Letters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabic_Afrikaans&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Letters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overview">Overview</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabic_Afrikaans&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="floatright" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:125%;">the Arabic Afrikāns alphabet </caption> <tbody><tr style="background:#F1F2F5;font-size:180%;"> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1227789315">.mw-parser-output .script-arabic{font-family:"Scheherazade New","SF Arabic",Amiri,"Noto Naskh Arabic","Droid Arabic Naskh","Noto Sans Arabic","Sakkal Majalla","Harmattan","Arabic Typesetting","Arabic Transparent","Times New Roman",Arial,Calibri,"Microsoft Sans Serif","Segoe UI",serif,sans-serif;font-weight:normal}</style><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ݗ</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">خ</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ح</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">چ</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ج</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ث</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ت</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">پ</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ب</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ا</span>‎ </td></tr> <tr style="background:#E3E6EB;"> <td>ksā </td> <td>khā </td> <td>hā </td> <td>chīm </td> <td>jīm </td> <td>sā <br /> thā </td> <td>tā </td> <td>pā </td> <td>bā </td> <td>’alif </td></tr> <tr style="background:#F1F2F5;font-size:180%;"> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ط</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ض</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ص</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ش</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">س</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ژ</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ز</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ر</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ذ</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">د</span>‎ </td></tr> <tr style="background:#E3E6EB;"> <td>tāh </td> <td>zād<br />dād </td> <td>sād </td> <td>shīn </td> <td>sīn </td> <td>zhā </td> <td>zā </td> <td>rā </td> <td>zāl<br />dhāl </td> <td>dāl </td></tr> <tr style="background:#F1F2F5;font-size:180%;"> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">گ</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ک</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ق</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ڤ</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ف</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ڠ</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ݝ</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">غ</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ع</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ظ</span>‎ </td></tr> <tr style="background:#E3E6EB;"> <td>gāf </td> <td>kāf </td> <td>qāf </td> <td>vā </td> <td>fā </td> <td>ngīn </td> <td>gīn </td> <td>ghīn </td> <td>aīn </td> <td>zāh <br /> dāh </td></tr> <tr style="background:#F1F2F5;font-size:180%;"> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ے</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ی</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">أ،ؤ،ئ</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ء</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">و</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ه</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ن</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">م</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">ل</span>‎ </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">لا</span>‎ </td></tr> <tr style="background:#E3E6EB;"> <td>yā </td> <td>yā </td> <td>hamzā alif,<br />hamza wāw,<br />hamza yā </td> <td>hamzā </td> <td style="width: 3em;">wāw </td> <td style="width: 3em;">hā </td> <td style="width: 3em;">nūn </td> <td style="width: 3em;">mīm </td> <td style="width: 3em;">lām </td> <td style="width: 3em;">lām alif </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b>Arabic Afrikaans</b> (<a href="/wiki/Afrikaans_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaans language">Afrikaans</a>: <i lang="af">alifbe</i>) is a variant of the <a href="/wiki/Perso-Arabic_Script" class="mw-redirect" title="Perso-Arabic Script">Perso-Arabic Script</a> used to write <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a>. It consists of 36 letters: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin:1em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#EFEFEF" colspan="36"><b><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Afrikaans Alphabet</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="15">Yy</td> <td width="15">Ww</td> <td width="15">-</td> <td width="15">Hh</td> <td width="15">Nn</td> <td width="15">Mm</td> <td width="15">Ll</td> <td width="15">Gg/gg Gh/gh</td> <td width="15">Kk/Cc</td> <td width="15">W/w</td> <td width="15">Ff/Vv</td> <td width="15">Ng/ng</td> <td width="15"><b>Gg/Gh gg/gh</b></td> <td width="15"><b>Ch/Gh ch/gh</b></td> <td width="15">-</td> <td width="15"><b>Zz</b></td> <td width="15"><b>Tt</b></td> <td width="15"><b>Zz</b></td> <td width="15"><b>Ss</b> </td> <td width="15">Sj sj</td> <td width="15">Ss/Cc</td> <td width="15">Ss</td> <td width="15">Zz</td> <td width="15">Rr</td> <td width="15"><b>Zz</b></td> <td width="15">Dd/Tt</td> <td width="15">Ch ch</td> <td width="15"><b>Hh</b></td> <td width="15">Xx</td> <td width="15">Tj tj</td> <td width="15">Dj dj</td> <td width="15"><b>Ss</b></td> <td width="15">Tt/Dd</td> <td width="15">Pp/Bb </td> <td width="15">Bb</td> <td width="15">- </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#EFEFEF" colspan="36"><b><a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic Alphabet</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>ی</td> <td>و</td> <td>ء</td> <td>ہ</td> <td>ن</td> <td>م</td> <td>ل</td> <td>گ</td> <td>ک</td> <td>ڤ</td> <td>ف</td> <td>ڠ</td> <td>ݝ </td> <td>غ</td> <td>ع</td> <td>ظ</td> <td>ط</td> <td>ض</td> <td>ص</td> <td>ش</td> <td>س</td> <td>ژ</td> <td>ز</td> <td>ر</td> <td>ذ</td> <td>د</td> <td>خ</td> <td>ح</td> <td>ݗ</td> <td>چ</td> <td>ج</td> <td>ث</td> <td>ت</td> <td>پ </td> <td>ب</td> <td>ا </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#EFEFEF" colspan="36"><b>IPA value</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>j</td> <td>w</td> <td>ʔ</td> <td>ɦ</td> <td>n</td> <td>m</td> <td>l</td> <td>g</td> <td>k</td> <td>v</td> <td>f</td> <td>ŋ</td> <td>g</td> <td>ɣ</td> <td>ʔ(ʕ)</td> <td>z</td> <td>t</td> <td>z</td> <td>s</td> <td>ʃ</td> <td>s</td> <td>ʒ</td> <td>z</td> <td>r</td> <td>z(ð)</td> <td>d</td> <td>x</td> <td>ɦ(ħ)</td> <td>ks</td> <td>t͡ʃ</td> <td>d͡ʒ</td> <td>s(θ)</td> <td>t</td> <td>p</td> <td>b</td> <td>ʔ </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Note:</i> This alphabet is the Persian form of the Arabic alphabet, with 36 letters, including extra letters for sounds that are not in the Arabic alphabet. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vowels">Vowels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabic_Afrikaans&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Vowels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Afrikaans Latin Alphabet </th> <th><a href="/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="International Phonetic Alphabet">Pronunciation</a> </th> <th>Afrikaans Arabic Alphabet </th></tr> <tr> <td>a </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɐ/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـَ </td></tr> <tr> <td>aa </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɑː/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـَآ،ـَا </td></tr> <tr> <td>ie </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـِ </td></tr> <tr> <td>eeu/eu/uu </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/iʊ/ɪə/y/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـِى </td></tr> <tr> <td>e/è </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛ/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ىٖ </td></tr> <tr> <td>oe </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/u/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـُ </td></tr> <tr> <td>oo </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ʊə/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـُوْ </td></tr> <tr> <td>oei/ooi </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/uɪ/ɔːɪ/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـُوی </td></tr> <tr> <td>ô </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɔː/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـُو </td></tr> <tr> <td>î </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/əː/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـَـِى </td></tr> <tr> <td>ee </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/eə/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـِىْ </td></tr> <tr> <td>e </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛ/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ویْ </td></tr> <tr> <td>i </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i~ə/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـِـَ </td></tr> <tr> <td>ê </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/eː/ɛː/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـَـِـٖ </td></tr> <tr> <td>o </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɔ/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـَـُ </td></tr> <tr> <td>i </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ə/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـٖى،ـَـِ </td></tr> <tr> <td>û </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/œ/œː/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـَوی </td></tr> <tr> <td>ei </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛi/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">آی </td></tr> <tr> <td>ai </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/aj/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـَى </td></tr> <tr> <td>aai </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɑːi/</span> </td> <td style="font-size: 150%">ـَای،آی </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Phonology">Phonology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabic_Afrikaans&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Phonology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consonants">Consonants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabic_Afrikaans&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Consonants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Consonant phonemes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2"> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Labial_consonant" title="Labial consonant">Labial</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Alveolar_consonant" title="Alveolar consonant">Alveolar</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Palatal_consonant" title="Palatal consonant">Post-<br />alveolar</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Velar_consonant" title="Velar consonant">Velar</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Uvular_consonant" title="Uvular consonant">Uvular</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Glottal_consonant" title="Glottal consonant">Glottal</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nasal_consonant" title="Nasal consonant">Nasal</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_nasal" title="Voiced bilabial nasal">m</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_nasal" class="mw-redirect" title="Voiced alveolar nasal">n</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal" title="Voiced velar nasal">ŋ</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Stop_consonant" class="mw-redirect" title="Stop consonant">Plosive</a> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Voicelessness" title="Voicelessness">voiceless</a></span> </th> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosive" title="Voiceless bilabial plosive">p</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_plosive" class="mw-redirect" title="Voiceless alveolar plosive">t</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_postalveolar_affricate" title="Voiceless postalveolar affricate">t͡ʃ</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_velar_plosive" title="Voiceless velar plosive">k</a></span> </td> <td>(<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_uvular_plosive" title="Voiceless uvular plosive">q</a></span>) </td> <td rowspan="2">(<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Glottal_stop" title="Glottal stop">ʔ</a></span>) </td></tr> <tr> <th><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Voice_(phonetics)" title="Voice (phonetics)">voiced</a></span> </th> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_plosive" title="Voiced bilabial plosive">b</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_plosive" class="mw-redirect" title="Voiced alveolar plosive">d</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_postalveolar_affricate" title="Voiced postalveolar affricate">d͡ʒ</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_velar_plosive" title="Voiced velar plosive">ɡ</a></span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Fricative_consonant" class="mw-redirect" title="Fricative consonant">Fricative</a> </th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Voicelessness" title="Voicelessness">voiceless</a></span> </th> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_labiodental_fricative" title="Voiceless labiodental fricative">f</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_fricative" title="Voiceless alveolar fricative">s</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_postalveolar_fricative" title="Voiceless postalveolar fricative">ʃ</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiceless_uvular_fricative" title="Voiceless uvular fricative">χ</a></span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Voice_(phonetics)" title="Voice (phonetics)">voiced</a></span> </th> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_labiodental_fricative" title="Voiced labiodental fricative">v</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_fricative" title="Voiced alveolar fricative">z</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_postalveolar_fricative" title="Voiced postalveolar fricative">ʒ</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>(<span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_uvular_fricative" title="Voiced uvular fricative">ʁ</a></span>) </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_glottal_fricative" title="Voiced glottal fricative">ɦ</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Approximant_consonant" class="mw-redirect" title="Approximant consonant">Approximant</a> </th> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_labial%E2%80%93velar_approximant" title="Voiced labial–velar approximant">w</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_lateral_approximant" class="mw-redirect" title="Voiced alveolar lateral approximant">l</a></span> </td> <td><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant" title="Voiced palatal approximant">j</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rhotic_consonant" title="Rhotic consonant">Rhotic</a> </th> <td> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_trill" class="mw-redirect" title="Voiced alveolar trill">r</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Texts">Texts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabic_Afrikaans&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Texts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arabisch-Afrikaans.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Arabisch-Afrikaans.jpg/300px-Arabisch-Afrikaans.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="445" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Arabisch-Afrikaans.jpg/450px-Arabisch-Afrikaans.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Arabisch-Afrikaans.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="854" /></a><figcaption>Arabisi-Afrikaans 1872</figcaption></figure> <p>Seventy-four Arabic Afrikaans texts are extant. The earliest, the "Hidyat al-Islam", is dated 1845, though its source manuscript no longer exists. The oldest surviving manuscript, which describes the basic Islamic learning, was written by the <a href="/wiki/Imam" title="Imam">imam</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdul-Kahhar_ibn_Abdul-Malik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdul-Kahhar ibn Abdul-Malik (page does not exist)">Abdul-Kahhar ibn Abdul-Malik</a> in 1868. The most professional version was written in 1869 by <a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_Effendi" title="Abu Bakr Effendi">Abu Bakr Effendi</a>, who came from <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a> to the Cape in 1862. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uiteensetting_van_die_Godsdiens"><i>Uiteensetting van die Godsdiens</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabic_Afrikaans&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Uiteensetting van die Godsdiens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the best examples of this literature was <span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">Uiteensetting van die Godsdiens</i></span> (<i>Exposition of the Religion</i>), a book laying out <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islamic</a> traditions according to the <a href="/wiki/Hanafi" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanafi">Hanafi</a> religious law. Written by <a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_Effendi" title="Abu Bakr Effendi">Abu Bakr Effendi</a>, it was printed using Arabic script throughout, but contained transcriptions of Afrikaans. </p><p>According to one of the three experts in this field, the German <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hans_K%C3%A4hler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hans Kähler (page does not exist)">Hans Kähler</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_K%C3%A4hler" class="extiw" title="de:Hans Kähler">de</a>]</span>, about 20 people were responsible for the text, but the most important contributors to Arabic Afrikaans opinion were: </p> <ul><li>Abdul Kahhar ibn Hajji Abdul Malik (early 19th century)</li> <li>Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Baha ud-Din (mid-19th century)</li> <li>Ismail ibn Muhammad Hanif (mid-19th century)</li> <li>Abd ur-Rahman ibn Muhammad Al-Iraqi (late 19th century), and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_Effendi" title="Abu Bakr Effendi">Abu Bakr Effendi</a> (late 19th century).</li></ul> <p>This is a paragraph of the book <span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">Uiteensetting van die godsdiens</i></span>: </p> <ul><li>Transcription of the Arabic-alphabet text. The italics mark non-Afrikaans words: <dl><dd>Iek bagent diesie <i>kitab</i> met Allah (<i>ta'ala</i>) sain naam. Allah (<i>ta'ala</i>) es <i>rizq</i> giefar ien <i>dunya</i> fer al wat liefandag ies. Allah (<i>ta'ala</i>) es beriengar ien die <i>gannat</i> ien dag <i>ahirat</i> fer al die miesie an djinns wat oewhap <i>iman</i> gadoet het. Al die dank an parais es rieg fer Allah (<i>ta'ala</i>) alien. Allah (<i>ta'ala</i>) het gagief fer oewhans Islam sain <i>agama</i>. Islam sain <i>agama</i> oek waas gawies fantefoewhar Ibrahim sain <i>agama</i>... An Allah (<i>ta'ala</i>) het gamaak die Qur'an <i>rasulullah</i> sain hadit fer seker <i>dalil</i> fer oewhans... An Allah (<i>ta'ala</i>) het galaat oewhans wiet die riegtie wieg fan die <i>ilm</i>s an gahelp fer oewhans oewham ta lier ander miesie oewhap die riegtie manierie.</dd></dl></li> <li>Translation into modern standard Afrikaans: <dl><dd><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">Ek begin hierdie boek met Allah (hy is verhewe) se naam. Allah (h.i.v.) is onderhouer in die wêreld vir al wat lewendig is. Allah (h.i.v.) is bringer in die paradys in die laaste dag vir al die mense en djinns wat oop iman gedoen het (m.a.w. in die geloof gesterwe het). Al die dank en prys is reg vir Allah (h.i.v.) alleen. Allah het gegee vir ons Islam se godsdiens. Islam se godsdiens ook was gewees vantevore Abraham se godsdiens...En Allah (h.i.v.) het gemaak die Koran en die profeet se hadit vir seker bewys vir ons...En Allah (h.i.v.) het gelaat ons weet die regte weg van die godsdienswetenskappe en gehelp vir ons om te leer ander mense op die regte manier.</i></span></dd></dl></li></ul> <p>The Arabic-alphabet version uses an Arabic word in several places where modern Afrikaans uses a Germanic word, e.g. <span title="Arabic-language text"><i lang="ar-Latn">dunya</i></span> <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">دنيا</span></span> for <span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">wêreld</i></span>, meaning 'world'. The Arabic words are entirely unknown in Afrikaans. </p><p>Without the above <i>Translation into modern standard Afrikaans</i> (which is in itself not standard Afrikaans although much closer to it), it is nearly impossible for an Afrikaans-speaking person to understand the above <i>Transcription of the Arabic-alphabet text</i>. Some words do however appear to resemble phonetic transliterations between Arabic script and the version of Afrikaans spoken by Cape Coloured people, mixed with Dutch. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Spread_of_Islam_in_Indonesia" title="Spread of Islam in Indonesia">Islam arrived among the Malays during the early 15th century</a> and these works were most likely teaching tools; a way for Muslim teachers to instruct Malay slaves in the Cape while not necessarily being able to speak Dutch very well or at all. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qur'an"><span id="Qur.27an"></span>Qur'an</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabic_Afrikaans&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Qur'an"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An example that used Arabic vowels was a handwritten Arabic–Afrikaans bilingual <a href="/wiki/Quran" title="Quran">Quran</a> (perhaps written in the 1880s). In it, for example, <a href="/wiki/Sura" class="mw-redirect" title="Sura">Surah</a> <a href="/wiki/Al-Mulk" title="Al-Mulk">67</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayah" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayah">Ayah</a> 1 says:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th><b>Arabic</b>: </th> <th><b>Afrikaans</b>: </th></tr> <tr> <th>No diacritics </th> <td><div dir="rtl" style="font-size:larger;line-height:normal"><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">تبارك الذي بيده الملك</span></span></div> </td> <td><div dir="rtl" style="font-size:larger;line-height:normal"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">ان دى كونڠ سكپ اس بيدى هوك الله تعالا ان ڤارلك الله تعالا اس باس فر الدى اتس</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th>With diacritics </th> <td><div dir="rtl" style="font-size:larger;line-height:normal"><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِيْ بِيَدِهِ ٱلمُلْكُ</span></span></div> </td> <td><div dir="rtl" style="font-size:larger;line-height:normal"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">ان دى كُوْنِڠْ سْكَپْ اس بِيْدِىْ هُوْكَ الله تعالا ان ڤَارْلِكْ الله تعالَا اِسْ بَاس فَِرْ اَلْدِىْ اِتْسْ</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Transliterated </th> <td><span title="DIN 31635 Arabic (Arabic language) transliteration"><i lang="ar-Latn">tabāraka -llaḏī bi-yadihi l-mulk[u]</i></span> </td> <td>°n dī kūniň skap is bīdī hūka <u>Allah taʿālā</u> °n vārlik <u>Allah taʿālā</u> is bās fir aldī its </td></tr> <tr> <th>In Conventional Afrikaans </th> <td lang="af">Geseënd is Hy in wie se hand die koninkryk is. </td> <td lang="af">En die koningskap is by die hoë Allah taʿālā en waarlik Allah taʿālā is die baas van alle dinge. </td></tr> <tr> <th>In English </th> <td>Blessed is the One in Whose hand is the kingdom. </td> <td>And the kingship is with the high Allah (may He be exalted) and truly Allah (may He be exalted) is the boss of all things. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>(° = vowel sign missing, ň = /ŋ/ as in "king", ʿ = <a href="/wiki/Ayin" title="Ayin">ayn</a>, underlined = in Arabic.) </p><p>Here in the Afrikaans text: </p> <ul><li><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal" title="Voiced velar nasal">ŋ</a>/</span> <i>ň</i> is written as <a href="/wiki/Ayin" title="Ayin">ayn</a> but with three dots above <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span style="font-size:large;line-height:1.5">ڠ</span></span>‎</li> <li><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiced_labiodental_fricative" title="Voiced labiodental fricative">v</a>/</span> <i>v</i> is written as <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span style="font-size:large;line-height:1.5">ڤ</span></span>‎</li> <li><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiceless_labiodental_fricative" title="Voiceless labiodental fricative">f</a>/</span> <i>f</i> in "fir" has both an <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/a/</span> vowel and an <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span> vowel.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Mater_lectionis" title="Mater lectionis">letter of prolongation</a> in <i><span title="DIN 31635 Arabic (Arabic language) transliteration"><i lang="ar-Latn">ī</i></span></i> and <i><span title="DIN 31635 Arabic (Arabic language) transliteration"><i lang="ar-Latn">ū</i></span></i> has <a href="/wiki/Suk%C5%ABn" class="mw-redirect" title="Sukūn">sukūn</a>.</li> <li>The Afrikaans <a href="/wiki/Preposition" class="mw-redirect" title="Preposition">preposition</a> <span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">by</i></span> is written as part of the next word, likely by copying Arabic language usage with some prepositions.</li> <li>The Afrikaans word <span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">al</i></span> = "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/all" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:all">all</a>" is written as part of the next word, likely by copying Arabic language usage with <i><span title="DIN 31635 Arabic (Arabic language) transliteration"><i lang="ar-Latn">al</i></span>-</i> = "<a href="/wiki/The" title="The">the</a>".</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lexicon">Lexicon</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabic_Afrikaans&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Lexicon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Arabic Afrikaans</b> </td> <td><b>English translation</b> </td> <td><b>Etymology</b> </td> <td colspan="2"><b>Afrikaans Equivalent</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Kitaab</i></td> <td>کتاب </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/book" class="extiw" title="wikt:book">book</a> </td> <td>Arabic كتاب </td> <td><i>Boek</i></td> <td>بک </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>dunya</i></td> <td>دنیا </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/world" class="extiw" title="wikt:world">world</a> </td> <td>Arabic دنيا </td> <td><i>Wêreld</i></td> <td>ڤرلت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Aql</i></td> <td>عقل </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intellect" class="extiw" title="wikt:intellect">intellect</a> </td> <td>Arabic عقل </td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Ilm</i></td> <td>علم </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knowledge" class="extiw" title="wikt:knowledge">knowledge</a> </td> <td>Arabic علم </td> <td><i>Kennis</i></td> <td>کنس </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Waqt</i></td> <td>وقت </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/time" class="extiw" title="wikt:time">time</a> </td> <td>Arabic وقت </td> <td><i>tyd</i></td> <td>تآیت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Akhirat</i></td> <td>آخرت </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hereafter" class="extiw" title="wikt:hereafter">Hereafter</a> </td> <td>Arabic آخرت </td> <td><i>hierna</i></td> <td>هرنا </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Halaal</i></td> <td>حلال </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/permitted" class="extiw" title="wikt:permitted">permitted</a> </td> <td>Arabic حلال </td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Haraam</i></td> <td>حرام </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Forbidden" class="extiw" title="wikt:Forbidden">Forbidden</a> </td> <td>Arabic حرام </td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Haq</i></td> <td>حق </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rights" class="extiw" title="wikt:rights">rights</a> </td> <td>Arabic حق </td> <td><i>reg</i></td> <td>رخ </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Maqsad</i></td> <td>مقصد </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Goal" class="extiw" title="wikt:Goal">Goal</a> </td> <td>Arabic مقصد </td> <td><i>doel</i></td> <td>دل </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Sawal</i></td> <td>سوال </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Question" class="extiw" title="wikt:Question">Question</a> </td> <td>Arabic سوال </td> <td><i>vraag</i></td> <td>فراخ </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Jawab</i></td> <td>جواب </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Answer" class="extiw" title="wikt:Answer">Answer</a> </td> <td>Arabic جواب </td> <td><i>Antwoord</i></td> <td>انتڤیرت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Jannat</i></td> <td>جنت </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heaven" class="extiw" title="wikt:heaven">heaven</a> </td> <td>Arabic جنة <small>(<a href="/wiki/Construct_case" class="mw-redirect" title="Construct case">construct case</a>)</small> </td> <td><i>hemel </i></td> <td>همل </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Jahanaam</i></td> <td>جهنم </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hell" class="extiw" title="wikt:Hell">Hell</a> </td> <td>Arabic جهنم </td> <td><i>hel </i></td> <td>هیل </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Izzat</i></td> <td>عزت </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/respect" class="extiw" title="wikt:respect">respect</a> </td> <td>Arabic عزة <small>(construct case)</small> </td> <td><i>respek</i></td> <td>رسپیک </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Zillat</i> / <i> Dhillat</i></td> <td>ذلت </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disrespect" class="extiw" title="wikt:disrespect">disrespect</a> </td> <td>Arabic ذلة <small>(construct case)</small> </td> <td><i>beledigen</i></td> <td>بلدغی </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>awwal</i></td> <td>اول </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/start" class="extiw" title="wikt:start">start</a>, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beginning" class="extiw" title="wikt:beginning">beginning</a> </td> <td>Arabic اول </td> <td><i>begin</i></td> <td>بغن </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>akhir</i></td> <td>آخر </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/end" class="extiw" title="wikt:end">end</a>, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/last" class="extiw" title="wikt:last">last</a> </td> <td>Arabic آخر </td> <td><i>einde </i></td> <td>اندی </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>din</i></td> <td>دین </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/religion" class="extiw" title="wikt:religion">religion</a> </td> <td>Arabic دين </td> <td><i>godsdiens</i></td> <td>ختسدنس </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Rizq</i></td> <td>رزق </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sustenance" class="extiw" title="wikt:sustenance">sustenance</a> </td> <td>Arabic رزق </td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>ustad</i></td> <td>استاد </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/teacher" class="extiw" title="wikt:teacher">teacher</a> </td> <td>Persian <span title="Persian-language text"><span lang="fa" dir="rtl">استاد</span></span> </td> <td><i>onderwyser</i></td> <td>اندرڤآیزر </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Qaiser</i></td> <td>قیصر </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Caesar" class="extiw" title="wikt:Caesar">Caesar</a> </td> <td>Arabic قيصر from Latin </td> <td><i>Caesar</i></td> <td>تسزغ/ سزغ </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>lisan</i></td> <td>لسان </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/language" class="extiw" title="wikt:language">language</a> </td> <td>Arabic لسان </td> <td><i>taal</i></td> <td>تال </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>dua</i></td> <td>دعا </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prayer" class="extiw" title="wikt:prayer">prayer</a> </td> <td>Arabic دعاء </td> <td><i>bed</i></td> <td>بت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>sabr</i></td> <td>صبر </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patience" class="extiw" title="wikt:patience">patience</a> </td> <td>Arabic صبر </td> <td><i>geduld</i></td> <td>غدلت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>salat</i> <br /> <span title="Persian-language text"><i lang="fa">namaz</i></span></td> <td>صلات <br /> نماز </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ritual_prayer" class="extiw" title="wikt:ritual prayer">ritual prayer</a> </td> <td>Arabic صلاة <small>(construct case)</small>, Persian (<span title="Persian-language text"><span lang="fa" dir="rtl">نماز</span></span>) </td> <td><i>rituele gebed</i></td> <td>برتییل خبویت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>dawat</i></td> <td>دعوت </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/invitation" class="extiw" title="wikt:invitation">invitation</a><br />(Islamic missionary activity) </td> <td>Arabic دعوة <small>(construct case)</small> </td> <td><i>uitnodiging</i></td> <td>اوییتنودغڠ </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Falsafah</i></td> <td>فلسفه </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/philosophy" class="extiw" title="wikt:philosophy">philosophy</a> </td> <td>Arabic فلسفة from Greek </td> <td><i>filosofie</i></td> <td>فلوسوفی </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Fitnah</i></td> <td>فتنه </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trial" class="extiw" title="wikt:trial">trial</a> and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tribulation" class="extiw" title="wikt:tribulation">tribulation</a> </td> <td>Arabic <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A9" class="extiw" title="wikt:فتنة">فتنة</a> <small>("<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strife" class="extiw" title="wikt:strife">strife</a>" / "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sedition" class="extiw" title="wikt:sedition">sedition</a>")</small> </td> <td><i>burgeroorlog</i></td> <td>بویرخررلخ </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>ibaadat</i></td> <td>عبادت </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/worship" class="extiw" title="wikt:worship">worship</a> </td> <td>Arabic عبادة <small>(construct case)</small> </td> <td><i>aanbidding</i></td> <td>آنبدڠ </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>iman</i></td> <td>ایمان </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/faith" class="extiw" title="wikt:faith">faith</a> </td> <td>Arabic إيمان </td> <td><i>geloof</i></td> <td>خلوف </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>millat</i></td> <td>ملت </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/personal_law" class="extiw" title="wikt:personal law">personal law</a> </td> <td>Ottoman Turkish <span title="Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)-language text"><span lang="ota" dir="rtl">ملت</span></span> from Arabic <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">ملة</span></span> <small>(construct case)</small> </td> <td><i>persoonlike reg</i></td> <td>پرسنلک رخ </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>yaqin</i></td> <td>یقین </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/certainty" class="extiw" title="wikt:certainty">certainty</a>, </td> <td>Arabic يقين </td> <td><i>sekerheid</i></td> <td>زکرہآیت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Usul</i></td> <td>اصول </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/principles" class="extiw" title="wikt:principles">principles</a> </td> <td>Arabic أصول </td> <td><i>beginsel</i></td> <td>بغنسل </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Barakat</i></td> <td>برکت </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blessing" class="extiw" title="wikt:blessing">blessing</a> </td> <td>Arabic بركة <small>(construct case)</small> </td> <td><i>seën</i></td> <td>سن </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>hasan</i></td> <td>حسن </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/good" class="extiw" title="wikt:good">good</a> </td> <td>Arabic حسن </td> <td><i>goed</i></td> <td>غت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>hikmat</i></td> <td>حکمت </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wisdom" class="extiw" title="wikt:wisdom">wisdom</a> </td> <td>Arabic حکمة <small>(construct case)</small> </td> <td><i>wysheid</i></td> <td>ڤسهت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Baazaar</i></td> <td>بازار </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/market" class="extiw" title="wikt:market">market</a> </td> <td>Persian <span title="Persian-language text"><span lang="fa" dir="rtl">بازار</span></span> </td> <td><i>Baazaar</i></td> <td>بازار </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>nikah</i></td> <td>نکاح </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/marriage" class="extiw" title="wikt:marriage">marriage</a> </td> <td>Arabic نكاح <small>(archaic)</small> </td> <td><i>bruiloft</i></td> <td>بروییلفت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Qiyaamat</i></td> <td>قیامت </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Day_of_Resurrection" class="extiw" title="wikt:Day of Resurrection">Day of Resurrection</a> </td> <td>Arabic قيامة <small>(construct case, "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/judgment_day" class="extiw" title="wikt:judgment day">judgment day</a>")</small> </td> <td><i>dag des oordeels</i></td> <td>دخ دی اوردلس </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>alam</i></td> <td>عالم </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/world" class="extiw" title="wikt:world">world</a> </td> <td>Arabic عالم </td> <td><i>Wêreld</i></td> <td>ڤرلت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>insan</i></td> <td>انسان </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/human" class="extiw" title="wikt:human">human</a> </td> <td>Arabic إنسان </td> <td><i>mens</i></td> <td>منس </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>haiwan</i></td> <td>حیوان </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/animal" class="extiw" title="wikt:animal">animal</a> </td> <td>Arabic حيوان </td> <td><i>dier</i></td> <td>در </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>jahil</i></td> <td>جاهل </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ignorant" class="extiw" title="wikt:ignorant">ignorant</a> </td> <td>Arabic جاهل </td> <td><i>onwetend</i></td> <td>انڤتنت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>wazir</i></td> <td>وزیر </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/minister" class="extiw" title="wikt:minister">minister</a> </td> <td>Arabic وزير </td> <td><i>minister</i></td> <td>منستر </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>daftar</i></td> <td>دفتر </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/notebook" class="extiw" title="wikt:notebook">notebook</a> </td> <td>Arabic دفتر </td> <td><i>Notaboek</i></td> <td>نوتابک </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>fasad</i></td> <td>فساد </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/corruption" class="extiw" title="wikt:corruption">corruption</a> </td> <td>Arabic فساد </td> <td><i>korrupsie</i></td> <td>کریپس </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> hayat</i></td> <td>حیات </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/life" class="extiw" title="wikt:life">life</a> </td> <td>Arabic حياة <small>(construct case)</small> </td> <td><i>lewe</i></td> <td>لوی </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> maut</i></td> <td>موت </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/death" class="extiw" title="wikt:death">death</a> </td> <td>Arabic موت </td> <td><i>dood</i></td> <td>دوت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> sabt</i></td> <td>سبت </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/saturday" class="extiw" title="wikt:saturday">saturday</a> </td> <td>Arabic سبت </td> <td><i>Saterdag</i></td> <td>ساترداخ </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> shams</i></td> <td>شمس </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sun" class="extiw" title="wikt:sun">sun</a> </td> <td>Arabic شمس </td> <td><i>son</i></td> <td>سن </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> junub</i></td> <td>جنوب </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/south" class="extiw" title="wikt:south">south</a> </td> <td>Arabic جنوب </td> <td><i>suid</i></td> <td>سویت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> qamar</i></td> <td>قمر </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moon" class="extiw" title="wikt:moon">moon</a> </td> <td>Arabic قمر </td> <td><i>maan</i></td> <td>مان </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> najm</i></td> <td>نجم </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/star" class="extiw" title="wikt:star">star</a> </td> <td>Arabic نجم </td> <td><i>ster</i></td> <td>ستیر </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> zawja</i></td> <td>زوجه </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wife" class="extiw" title="wikt:wife">wife</a> </td> <td>Arabic زوجة </td> <td><i>vrou</i></td> <td>فروی </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> zawj</i></td> <td>زوج </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/couple" class="extiw" title="wikt:couple">couple</a> </td> <td>Arabic زوج </td> <td><i>paar</i></td> <td>پار </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> shamaal</i></td> <td>شمال </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/north" class="extiw" title="wikt:north">north</a> </td> <td>Arabic شمال </td> <td><i>noord</i></td> <td>نورت </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> gharb/maghrib</i></td> <td>مغرب<br /> غرب </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/west" class="extiw" title="wikt:west">west</a> </td> <td>Arabic مغرب <br /> غرب </td> <td><i>wes</i></td> <td>ڤیست </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> yaum</i></td> <td>یوم </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/day" class="extiw" title="wikt:day">day</a> </td> <td>Arabic يوم </td> <td><i> dag</i></td> <td>دخ </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> laylat</i></td> <td>لیلت </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/night" class="extiw" title="wikt:night">night</a> </td> <td>Arabic ليلة <small>(construct case)</small> </td> <td><i>nag</i></td> <td>نخ </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> sharq/mashriq</i></td> <td>مشرق <br /> شرق </td> <td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/east" class="extiw" title="wikt:east">east</a> </td> <td>Arabic مشرق <br /> شرق </td> <td><i>oost</i></td> <td>اوست </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Numerals">Numerals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabic_Afrikaans&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Numerals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Arabic Afrikaans used <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Arabic_numerals" title="Eastern Arabic numerals">Eastern Arabic numerals</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="The material near this tag is possibly inaccurate or nonfactual. (October 2022)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Arabic_Afrikaans#Dubious" title="Talk:Arabic Afrikaans">discuss</a></i>]</sup> The following is the list of basic <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_number_(linguistics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal number (linguistics)">cardinal numerals</a> with the spelling in the Afrikaans Latin alphabet: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Arabic form</th> <th>Number</th> <th>Afrikaans Arabic Alphabet (with diacritics)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Afrikaans Arabic Alphabet (without diacritics)</th> <th>Afrikaans Latin Alphabet </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span style="font-size:200%;line-height:120%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">٠</span>‎</span> </td> <td>0</td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">نَویل/صِفِر</span></span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">نویل/صفر</span></span></span></td> <td><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">nul</i></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span style="font-size:200%;line-height:120%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">١</span>‎</span> </td> <td>1</td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">اَِٖن</span></span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">ان</span></span></span></td> <td><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">een</i></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span style="font-size:200%;line-height:120%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">٢</span>‎</span> </td> <td>2</td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">تڤِیْ</span></span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">تڤی</span></span></span></td> <td><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">twee</i></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span style="font-size:200%;line-height:120%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">٣</span>‎</span> </td> <td>3</td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">درِ</span></span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">در</span></span></span></td> <td><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">drie</i></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span style="font-size:200%;line-height:120%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">٤</span>‎</span> </td> <td>4</td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">ڤِر</span></span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">ڤر</span></span></span></td> <td><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">vier</i></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span style="font-size:200%;line-height:120%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">٥</span>‎</span> </td> <td>5</td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">ڤآیف</span></span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af" dir="rtl">ڤآیف</span></span></span></td> <td><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">vyf</i></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span style="font-size:200%;line-height:120%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">٦</span>‎</span> </td> <td>6</td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">سیٖس</span></span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">سیس</span></span></span></td> <td><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">ses</i></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span style="font-size:200%;line-height:120%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">٧</span>‎</span> </td> <td>7</td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">سَِٖڤٖی</span></span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">سڤی</span></span></span></td> <td><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">sewe</i></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span style="font-size:200%;line-height:120%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">٨</span>‎</span> </td> <td>8</td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">اَخت</span></span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">اخت</span></span></span></td> <td><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">agt</i></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span style="font-size:200%;line-height:120%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">٩</span>‎</span> </td> <td>9</td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">نَِٖغٖی</span></span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">نغی</span></span></span></td> <td><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">nege</i></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span style="font-size:200%;line-height:120%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315"><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;">١٠</span>‎</span> </td> <td>10</td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">تنٖ</span></span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size: 195%;line-height:150%"><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af-Arab" dir="rtl">تن</span></span></span></td> <td><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><i lang="af">tien</i></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabic_Afrikaans&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aljamiado" title="Aljamiado">Aljamiado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Malays" title="Cape Malays">Cape Malays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_South_Africa" title="Islam in South Africa">Islam in South Africa</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabic_Afrikaans&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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