Writing Systems

Malay (macrolanguage)inArabic

msa·ArabAbjadRTLMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

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Malay (macrolanguage): character repertoire and typing resources

CLDR 48.0.0 lists these exemplar characters for locale ms-Arab 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)

Explicit script subtag in the source locale

Pinned commit: 4d06be52b51bb2f75688d0abe55c52a66afed790. Source SHA-256: 9cf92b19b984b3d6103d8fa326156b0fdc2d7fee7a9077a55775bd4d97fbb242.

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

ڬ · ۑ

How can I type and display this language?

Search Keyman keyboards for Malay (macrolanguage). 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, ms-Arab characters · Unicode Licence v3 · retrieved 2026-10-28. Methodology and limitations.

Language
ISO 639-3msaStatusLivingScopeMacrolanguageScripts used7
Also written in:
Latin (Latn)Thai (Thai)Braille (Brai)Pallava (Pallava)Kawi (Kawi)Rejang (Redjang, Kaganga) (Rjng)
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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