

Throat pain that usually comes on quickly.Signs and symptoms of strep throat can include: This photo of strep throat shows inflammation and red spots, caused by the infection. This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).Strep throat usually causes throat pain and difficulty swallowing.

For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between, / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. The Arabic script is a writing system used for writing Arabic and several other languages of Asia and Africa, such as Persian ( Farsi/ Dari), Malay ( Jawi), Uyghur, Kurdish, Punjabi, Sindhi, Balti, Balochi, Pashto, Lurish, Urdu, Kashmiri, Rohingya, Somali and Mandinka, among others. Until the 16th century, it was also used to write some texts in Spanish. Additionally, prior to the language reform in 1928, it was the writing system of Turkish. It is the second- most widely used writing system in the world by the number of countries using it and the third by the number of users, after the Latin and Chinese scripts. The Arabic script is written from right to left in a cursive style, in which most of the letters are written in slightly different forms according to whether they stand alone or are joined to a following or preceding letter. In most cases, the letters transcribe consonants or consonants and a few vowels, so most Arabic alphabets are abjads. The script was first used to write texts in Arabic, most notably the Quran, the holy book of Islam. With the religion's spread, it came to be used as the primary script for many language families, leading to the addition of new letters and other symbols, with some versions, such as Kurdish, Uyghur and old Bosnian being abugidas or true alphabets. Main article: History of the Arabic alphabet It is also the basis for the tradition of Arabic calligraphy.
