Sorabe alphabet

Sorabe
سُرَبِ‎
Sorabe; سُرَبِ‎
	A manuscript in Sorabe
Script type	Abjad
Time period	c. 1400 CE to the present
Direction	Right-to-left
Languages	Malagasy
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic Nabataean Arabic Pegon Sorabe; ; ; ; ; ;
Sister systems	Pegon script, Jawi script
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Sorabe or Sora-be (سُرَبِ, Malagasy pronunciation: [suˈrabe]) is an abjad based on Arabic, formerly used to transcribe the Malagasy language (belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian language family) and the Antemoro Malagasy dialect, dating from the 15th century.^[3]