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Interesting. Thanks Papageno!

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Arabic is typically written without vowels. A classic text such as the Qur'an has them written in, partly for show and partly to encourage very precise recitation. On the other hand a newspaper or novel would not have vowels written in. Arabic speakers just know what they are as every consonant has a 'default' vowel. Hence 'ba', 'ta', 'kho', 'djim', etc. A word like dirham (unit of money) is therefore written drhm. I remember seeing giant, tasteless billboards in Amman that just said kwk-kwl but more than anything else the red and white colours and the twisty ribbon thing told me it was a capitalist-imperialist soft drink. And 'wa' is required to make a dipthong or a longish vowel ... easy!

Ppgn, t wrks rlly wll t wrk whn bss lks vr yr shldr--h r sh wn't b abl t tll wht th hll y'r rdng r typng!

I think this wikipedpia article sums it up pretty well.

I've been told that Hebrew is essentially written without vowels. Can anybody corroborate this?

Blh. Jst wk p. Md _ mstk thr...

'm smlng rlly bg rght nw. _ lk yr cncpt abt th mls! t's prtty fn!!

p.s. thnks!

Y knw, ppgn, my sstr nd _ sd t wrt ntr mls t ch thr wtht sng ny vwls. Srprsngly, w lrnd t rd thm prtty wll!

p.s. cl lst!