How many Arabic(-derived) alphabets exist?

Question

I would like to know, besides Modern Standard Arabic as spoken in Egypt, how many distinct Arabic alphabets (I assume each Arabic-speaking country will have its own Arabic alphabet, with a lot of overlap, and a few extra phonological symbols, such as, say, a thaa with four dots above instead of two, or a baa with three dots below to make a p sound) exist?\n\nCan someone please provide me with a list of all such countries (I realize some countries will have a total overlap, whereas others, such as several close to India, perhaps, will have a partial overlap). I would like to have a list of all such countries with their extra symbols.\n\nFurthermore, I would like to know how the Unicode standard accounts for these differences (as far as Arabic is concerned). A list of codes next to the symbols, listed by country though, would be nice.\n\nThanks.

Answer 1

see example in Iraq we have one alphabetic Extra doesn't exist ( MST ) , it's (ch) sound

you will not find it exist in Arabic keyboard either, but still use it with some Iraqi word Like

Answer 2

to add to what Hanna said

The only other number you'll hear is 29

that is due to differing opinions on whether ء is a letter of its own or is it lumped up with ا

So 2 different linguistic schools. one says 28 the other 29. but that a technical issue and the writiing (spelling) is the same everywhere

Answer 3

The Arabic alphabet has 28 letters. Every Arabic country has their own Arabic accent but that doesn’t mean that there are more alphabets and symbols. When it comes to writing and reading, Arabs use the Modern Standard Arabic which not many people speak nowadays.