Editing Abjad (section)

=={{anchor|Semitic abjad|Semitic abjads}}Abjads and the structure of Semitic languages==
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The abjad form of writing is well-adapted to the [[morphology (linguistics)|morphological]] structure of the Semitic languages it was developed to write. This is because words in Semitic languages are formed from [[triliteral|a root consisting of (usually) three consonants]], the vowels being used to indicate inflectional or derived forms. For instance, according to [[Classical Arabic]] and [[Modern Standard Arabic]], from the Arabic root {{lang|ar|ك&zwnj;ت&zwnj;ب}} ''K-T-B'' (to write) can be derived the forms {{lang|ar|كَتَبَ}} ''{{Transliteration|ar|kataba}}'' (he wrote), {{lang|ar|كَتَبْتَ}} ''{{Transliteration|ar|katabta}}'' (you (masculine singular) wrote), {{lang|ar|يَكْتُبُ⁩}} ''{{Transliteration|ar|yaktubu}}'' (he writes), and {{lang|ar|مَكْتَبَة⁩}} ''{{Transliteration|ar|maktabah}}'' (library). In most cases, the absence of full glyphs for vowels makes the common root clearer, allowing readers to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words from familiar roots (especially in conjunction with [[context (language use)|context]] clues) and improving word recognition{{citation needed|date=August 2011}}{{dubious|date=August 2011}} while reading for practiced readers.<!--extremely exaggerated, there are dozens of Arabic words of different roots which are only distinguished by vowels-->