Editing Zarma language (section)

===Arabic alphabet===

Table below illustrates the Arabic (Ajami) alphabet for Zarma, based on [[UNESCO|UNESCO.BREDA]] report on standardization of Arabic script in published in 1987 in [[Bamako]].<ref name="chtatou">Chtatou, M. (1992). Using Arabic script in writing the languages of the peoples of Muslim africa. Institute of African Studies. [https://www.academia.edu/40381457/Using_Arabic_script_in_writing_the_languages_of_the_peoples_of_Muslim_Africa_Mohamed_Chtatou_1992_]</ref><ref name="unicode">{{cite book | language = en | first1 = Jonathan | last1 = Kew | title = Proposal to encode Arabic-script letters for African languages | date = 2 June 2003  |  url = https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03168-african-chars.pdf }}</ref>

Arabic alphabet for Songhay languages in [[Niger]] differs in 5 characters from that of [[Mali]]. Otherwise, the two orthographies are the same, especially in how vowels are written.

{|class="wikitable Unicode" dir="rtl"
|+ Zarma Arabic alphabet (Niger)<ref name="chtatou"/><ref name="unicode"/>
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ا}}</span><br><small>‌( - )</small><br>{{IPAblink|∅}}/{{IPAblink|ʔ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ب}}</span><br><small>(B b)</small><br>{{IPAblink|b}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ݒ}}</span><br><small>(P p)</small><br>{{IPAblink|p}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ت}}</span><br><small>(T t)</small><br>{{IPAblink|t}}   
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ث}}</span><br><small>(S s)</small><br>{{IPAblink|s}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ج}}</span><br><small>(J j)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ɟ}}  
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ݘ}}</span><br><small>(C c)</small><br>{{IPAblink|t͡ʃ}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ح}}</span><br><small>(H h)</small><br>{{IPAblink|h}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|خ}}</span><br><small>(Kh kh)</small><br>{{IPAblink|x}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|د}}</span><br><small>(D d)</small><br>{{IPAblink|d}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ذ}}</span><br><small>(Z z)</small><br>{{IPAblink|z}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ر}}</span><br><small>(R r)</small><br>{{IPAblink|r}} 
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ز}}</span><br><small>(Z z)</small><br>{{IPAblink|z}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|س}}</span><br><small>(S s)</small><br>{{IPAblink|s}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ش}}</span><br><small>(Š š)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ʃ}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ص}}</span><br><small>(S s)</small><br>{{IPAblink|s}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ض}}</span><br><small>(D d)</small><br>{{IPAblink|d}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ط}}</span><br><small>(T t)</small><br>{{IPAblink|t}}
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ظ}}</span><br><small>(Z z)</small><br>{{IPAblink|z}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ع}}</span><br><small>( - )</small><br>{{IPAblink|ʔ}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|غ}}</span><br><small>(G g)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ɡ}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ݞ}}</span><br><small>(Ŋ ŋ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ŋ}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ف}}</span><br><small>(F f)</small><br>{{IPAblink|f}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ق}}</span><br><small>(K k)</small><br>{{IPAblink|k}}
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ك}}</span><br><small>(K k)</small><br>{{IPAblink|k}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ل}}</span><br><small>(L l)</small><br>{{IPAblink|l}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|م}}</span><br><small>(M m)</small><br>{{IPAblink|m}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ن}}</span><br><small>(N n)</small><br>{{IPAblink|n}}
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ٽ}}</span><br><small>(Ɲ ɲ)</small><br>{{IPAblink|ɲ}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ه}}</span><br><small>(H h)</small><br>{{IPAblink|h}} 
|-
! Arabic<br><small>(Latin)</small><br><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|و}}</span><br><small>(W w)</small><br>{{IPAblink|w}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ؤ}}</span><br><small>( - )</small><br>{{IPAblink|ʔ}} 
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ي}}</span><br><small>(Y y)</small><br>{{IPAblink|j}}  
| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | <span style="font-size:110%;line-height:1.35;">{{script/Arabic|ئ}}</span><br><small>( - )</small><br>{{IPAblink|ʔ}}   
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Vowel at the beginning of a word 
|-
! A || E || I || O || U
|-
! colspan="5"|Short Vowels
|-dir="rtl"
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|اَ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|اٜ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|اِ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|اࣷ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|اُ}}</span>
|-
! colspan="5"|Long Vowels
|-
! Aa || Ee || Ii || Oo || Uu
|-dir="rtl"
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|آ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|اٜيـ / اٜي}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|اِيـ / اِي}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|اࣷو}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|اُو}}</span>
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Vowel at the middle or end of a word 
|-
! a || e || i || o ||u
|-
! colspan="5"|Short Vowels
|-dir="rtl"
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌َ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ٜ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ِ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ࣷ}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ُ}}</span>
|-
! colspan="5"|Long Vowels
|-
! aa || ee || ii || oo || uu
|-dir="rtl"
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌َا / ◌َـا}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ٜيـ / ◌ٜـيـ}}<br>{{Script/Arabic|◌ٜي / ◌ٜـي}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ِيـ / ◌ِـيـ}}<br>{{Script/Arabic|◌ِي / ◌ِـي}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ࣷو / ◌ࣷـو}}</span>
| <span style="font-size:160%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|◌ُو / ◌ُـو}}</span>
|}