Arabic Supplement is a
Unicode block
A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes ( code points) of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typically, proposals such as the ...
that encodes
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
letter variants used for writing non-Arabic languages, including languages of Pakistan and Africa, and old Persian.
Block
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Arabic Supplement block:
References
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Unicode blocks