Writing Systems

PersianinArabic

fas·ArabAbjadRTLMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

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Persian: character repertoire and typing resources

CLDR 48.0.0 lists these exemplar characters for locale fa in Arabic. This is a repertoire, not an ordered alphabet, pronunciation guide or claim about official usage.

This code is a macrolanguage. The locale repertoire does not establish coverage for every constituent language or variety.

Why this locale matches this record

Pinned CLDR overlong language-code alias (not a deprecated-code or variety substitution)

Pinned CLDR likelySubtags entry fa → fa-Arab-IR; identifies this locale's default convention, not a language-wide usage ranking

Pinned commit: 4d06be52b51bb2f75688d0abe55c52a66afed790. Source SHA-256: d7b1f86ae5858e8fe045b3ffdcd71a86b4859a73c843ebd4ccf84a5399d8bcde.

A cell can contain a combining mark or a multi-character string. Its inspection link opens the first code point; it does not imply the sequence is one encoded character.

Additional exemplar characters

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How can I type and display this language?

Search Keyman keyboards for Persian. Check the keyboard’s language, platform, layout and licence before installing.

Find a Noto font for Arabic or browse SIL fonts. These are discovery links, not verified support claims for this orthography. Glyph coverage alone does not guarantee shaping or language support.

Language-specific running-text sample: not yet available in this record. Characters above come from the cited repertoire, not a generated translation.

Source: CLDR 48.0.0, fa characters · Unicode Licence v3 · retrieved 2026-10-28. Methodology and limitations.

Language
ISO 639-3fasStatusLivingScopeMacrolanguageScripts used8
Also written in:
Old Persian (Xpeo)Inscriptional Pahlavi (Phli)Inscriptional Parthian (Prti)Psalter Pahlavi (Phlp)Book Pahlavi (Phlv)Braille (Brai)Latin (Latn)
Script
ISO 15924ArabFamilySemitic / AramaicOriginMiddle EastDirectionRight-to-leftStatusLiving scriptOpenType tagarab

Descended from Nabataean Aramaic. Written right-to-left. Used for Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Uyghur, and many other languages across the Islamic world.

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