Editing Question mark (section)

===Mirrored question mark in right-to-left scripts===
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[[File:Arabic Question mark (RTL).svg|upright=0.5|thumb|left|class=skin-invert-image|Mirrored question mark in [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]] and [[Persian alphabet|Perso-Arabic]]]]

In [[Arabic]] and other languages that use Arabic script such as [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Urdu]] and [[Uyghur language|Uyghur (Arabic form)]], which are written from [[Right-to-left script|right to left]], the question mark is mirrored right-to-left from the Latin question mark. In Unicode, two encodings are available: {{Unicode character|061F|ARABIC QUESTION MARK|html=|note=with [[Bi-directional text|bi-directional]] code AL: Right-to-Left Arabic}} and {{unichar|2E2E|REVERSED QUESTION MARK|html=|note=with bi-directional code Other Neutrals}}. Some browsers may display the character in the previous sentence as a forward question mark due to font or text directionality issues.

The Arabic question mark is also used in some other right-to-left scripts: [[Maldivian language|Dhivehi]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dhivehi orthography & Thaana orthography summary |url=https://r12a.github.io/scripts/thaa/dv.html |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=r12a.github.io}}</ref> [[N'Ko script|N'Ko]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=N’Ko orthography notes |url=https://r12a.github.io/scripts/nkoo/nqo.html |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=r12a.github.io}}</ref> [[Syriac alphabet|Syriac]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Assyrian orthographic notes |url=https://r12a.github.io/scripts/syrc/aii.html |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=r12a.github.io}}</ref> and [[Adlam script|Adlam]].<ref name="r12a">{{cite web |date=5 January 2023 |title=Adlam/Pular orthography notes |url=https://r12a.github.io/scripts/adlm/fuf.html#inline |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116104616/https://r12a.github.io/scripts/adlm/fuf.html#inline |archive-date=16 January 2023 |access-date=16 January 2023 |website=r12a.github.io}}</ref> Adlam also has {{unichar|1e95f|Adlam initial question mark|use=yes|use2=ff}}: {{lang|ff-Adlm|𞥟 𞤢𞤤𞤢𞥄 ؟}}, 'No?'.<ref name="r12a" />

[[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew script]] is also written right-to-left, but it uses a question mark that appears on the page in the same orientation as the left-to-right question mark (e.g. {{lang|he|את מדברת עברית?}}).{{sfn|Truss|2003|page=143}}
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