Arabic philology · Facsimile

A Grammar of the Arabic Language

W. Wright, translated from C. P. Caspari; revised by W. Robertson Smith and M. J. de Goeje

Third edition, volumes I and II combined; Librairie du Liban, Beirut, 1996 impression, with later addenda

A historical grammar with an Arabic alphabet table that includes numerical values. It provides the letter values used by the Eastern abjad calculator.

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Where to begin

Volume I, section 1, printed pp. 1–2 (PDF pp. 8–9). The scan places two printed pages on each sheet.

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Keep in mind

The numerical table is a language reference, not an interpretation of a person or phrase. Regional conventions and spelling choices matter. This 1996 impression includes modern editorial material; access to the scan does not establish permission to redistribute it.

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