Re: Language Patterns and Script

["Yusuf B Gursey" <ybg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ranjit_mathews@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
> > Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim wrote:
> > > It is only because Arabic is a language of patterns or model structures
> > > ie functions by depending heavily on patterns that a consonantal script
> > > is possible. The Arabs use three consonants for model building:  ل  ع
> > > ف
> > yes. the predictability of voweling helps make reading arabic in arabic
> > script easier.
>
> Is there a monograph on how to predict vowels in Arabic? For example,
> how can it be predicted that Iraqi and Arabi are more correct than
> Araqi and Irabi?

the predictability is not absolute. some patterns are more common than
others.