1. Origin

2. Contemporary use

3. Alphabet
     Ligatures    Text examples    Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1    Tehran  

4. External links

5. References

Arebica or Arabica ({{lang|bs-Arab|عَرَبٖىڄا}}) was a Bosniak variant of the Perso-Arabic script used to write the Bosnian language ({{lang|bs-Arab|بۉسانسقٖى يەزٖىق}}).^[1] It was used mainly between the 15th and 19th centuries and is frequently categorized as part of Aljamiado literature. Before World War I there were unsuccessful efforts by Bosnian Muslims to adopt Arebica as the third official alphabet for Bosnian alongside Latin and Cyrillic.

Apart from literature, Arabica was used in religious schools and administration, though in much less use than other scripts.

Origin

Arebica was based on the Perso-Arabic script of the Ottoman Empire, with added letters for {{IPAslink|t͡s}}, {{IPAslink|ʎ}}, and {{IPAslink|ɲ}}, which are not found in Arabic, Persian, or Turkish. Full letters were eventually introduced for all vowels (as with Kurdish Arabic script), making Arebica a true alphabet, unlike its Perso-Arabic base.

The final version of Arebica was devised by Mehmed Džemaludin Čaušević at the end of the 19th century. His version is called Matufovica, Matufovača, or Mektebica.

Contemporary use

The first literary work to be published in Arebica for 64 years (since 1941) was a comic book "Hadži Šefko i hadži Mefko" in 2005 (authors Amir Al-Zubi and Meliha Čičak-Al-Zubi). The authors made slight modifications to Arebica.

The first book in Arebica with an ISBN was "Epohe fonetske misli kod Arapa i arebica" ("The Age of Phonetic Thought of Arabs and Arebica")^[2] in April 2013 in Belgrade by Aldin Mustafić, MSc.

This book represents the completion of the standardization of Mehmed Džemaludin Čaušević's version, and is also a textbook for higher education.

Alphabet

The final version of Arebica alphabet was devised at the end of the 19th century by Mehmed Džemaludin Čaušević.

• {{note|a|a}} The diacritic beneath the {{lang|bs-Arab|ا}} appears on the letter preceding the {{lang|bs-Arab|ى}}.
• {{note|b|b}} Mustafić uses {{lang|bs-Arab|ڃ}} and {{lang|bs-Arab|ݩ}} instead of and for Ć ć/Ћ ћ and Nj nj/Њ њ .
• {{note|c|c}} Mustafić uses {{lang|bs-Arab|ݗ}} and Al-Zubi and Čičak-Al-Zubi use {{lang|bs-Arab|ڠ}} for Đ đ/Ђ ђ.

Ligatures

Like the standard Arabic alphabet, when {{lang|bs-Arab|ا}} connects to either {{lang|bs-Arab|ل}} or {{lang|bs-Arab|ڵ}} a special ligature is used instead.

Text examples

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1

Tehran

==See also==

• Aljamiado
• Belarusian Arabic alphabet, another script used by Slavic-speaking Muslims
• Chirvat-türkisi
• Gaj's Latin alphabet
• Muhamed Hevaji Uskufi Bosnevi
• Category:Arabic alphabets

External links

• Ottoman Turkish / Arabic keyboard (including Bosnian characters)
• [https://sites.google.com/site/nasaarabica/udhr UDHR in Arebica (Bosnian)]

References

• Enciklopedija leksikografskog zavoda, entry: Arabica. Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod, Zagreb, 1966

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