On Jun 11, 2004, at 9:01 AM, Peyman wrote:
Conclusion: You can say that the origin of our alphabet is Arabic but you can not claim that our writing system is Arabic. Our writing system is Persian âkhaat e farsiâ. It is what my teacher Dr. Safavi as a linguist says in his book and what I also say as a linguist.
Yes, sure. There is no argument with that. The only argument is what "Arabic Script" means in the context of Locale document. In that context, we are not talking about "Khaat e Farsi" but the name of the family of writing systems which are based on Arabic alphabet and its rules. Anybody with access to linguist know of a short common Persian term to use for "the family of writing systems that use and extend Arabic alphabet and its basic rules". I don't think they call the quoted phrase "Khaat e Farsi". "Khaat e Farsi" is a member of that group.
- Hooman Mehr
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