1ISO_8859-6(7)              Linux Programmer's Manual             ISO_8859-6(7)
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NAME

6       iso_8859-6  -  the  ISO 8859-6 character set encoded in octal, decimal,
7       and hexadecimal
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DESCRIPTION

10       The ISO 8859 standard includes several 8-bit extensions  to  the  ASCII
11       character  set  (also  known  as  ISO 646-IRV).  ISO 8859-6 encodes the
12       characters used in the Arabic language.
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14   ISO 8859 Alphabets
15       The full set of ISO 8859 alphabets includes:
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17       ISO 8859-1    West European languages (Latin-1)
18       ISO 8859-2    Central and East European languages (Latin-2)
19       ISO 8859-3    Southeast European and miscellaneous languages (Latin-3)
20       ISO 8859-4    Scandinavian/Baltic languages (Latin-4)
21       ISO 8859-5    Latin/Cyrillic
22       ISO 8859-6    Latin/Arabic
23       ISO 8859-7    Latin/Greek
24       ISO 8859-8    Latin/Hebrew
25       ISO 8859-9    Latin-1 modification for Turkish (Latin-5)
26       ISO 8859-10   Lappish/Nordic/Eskimo languages (Latin-6)
27       ISO 8859-11   Latin/Thai
28       ISO 8859-13   Baltic Rim languages (Latin-7)
29       ISO 8859-14   Celtic (Latin-8)
30       ISO 8859-15   West European languages (Latin-9)
31       ISO 8859-16   Romanian (Latin-10)
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33   ISO 8859-6 Characters
34       The following table displays the characters in ISO  8859-6,  which  are
35       printable  and unlisted in the ascii(7) manual page.  The fourth column
36       will only show the proper glyphs in an environment configured  for  ISO
37       8859-6.
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39       Oct   Dec   Hex   Char   Description
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41       240   160   a0     آ     NO-BREAK SPACE
42       244   164   a4     آ¤    CURRENCY SIGN
43       254   172   ac     ظŒ    ARABIC COMMA
44       255   173   ad     آ     SOFT HYPHEN
45       273   187   bb     ظ›    ARABIC SEMICOLON
46       277   191   bf     ظŸ    ARABIC QUESTION MARK
47       301   193   c1     ظ     ARABIC LETTER HAMZA
48       302   194   c2     ظ     ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE
49       303   195   c3     ظ     ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE
50       304   196   c4     ظ¤    ARABIC LETTER WAW WITH HAMZA ABOVE
51       305   197   c5     ظ     ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW
52       306   198   c6     ظ     ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE
53       307   199   c7     ظ     ARABIC LETTER ALEF
54       310   200   c8     ظ     ARABIC LETTER BEH
55       311   201   c9     ظ     ARABIC LETTER TEH MARBUTA
56       312   202   ca     ظ     ARABIC LETTER TEH
57       313   203   cb     ظ     ARABIC LETTER THEH
58       314   204   cc     ظ،    ARABIC LETTER JEEM
59       315   205   cd     ظ     ARABIC LETTER HAH
60       316   206   ce     ظ     ARABIC LETTER KHAH
61       317   207   cf     ظ     ARABIC LETTER DAL
62       320   208   d0     ظ     ARABIC LETTER THAL
63       321   209   d1     ظ     ARABIC LETTER REH
64       322   210   d2     ظ     ARABIC LETTER ZAIN
65       323   211   d3     ظ     ARABIC LETTER SEEN
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67       324   212   d4     ظ     ARABIC LETTER SHEEN
68       325   213   d5     ظ     ARABIC LETTER SAD
69       326   214   d6     ظ     ARABIC LETTER DAD
70       327   215   d7     ظ     ARABIC LETTER TAH
71       330   216   d8     ظ     ARABIC LETTER ZAH
72       331   217   d9     ظ     ARABIC LETTER AIN
73       332   218   da     ظ     ARABIC LETTER GHAIN
74       340   223   e0     ع€    ARABIC TATWEEL
75       341   224   e1     ع    ARABIC LETTER FEH
76       342   225   e2     ع‚    ARABIC LETTER QAF
77       343   226   e3     عƒ    ARABIC LETTER KAF
78       344   227   e4     ع„    ARABIC LETTER LAM
79       345   228   e5     ع…    ARABIC LETTER MEEM
80       346   229   e6     ع†    ARABIC LETTER NOON
81       347   230   e7     ع‡    ARABIC LETTER HEH
82       350   231   e8     عˆ    ARABIC LETTER WAW
83       351   232   e9     ع‰    ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA
84       352   233   ea     عŠ    ARABIC LETTER YEH
85       353   234   eb    ع‹     ARABIC FATHATAN
86       354   235   ec    عŒ     ARABIC DAMMATAN
87       355   236   ed    ع     ARABIC KASRATAN
88       356   237   ee    عŽ     ARABIC FATHA
89       357   238   ef    ع     ARABIC DAMMA
90       360   239   f0    ع     ARABIC KASRA
91       361   240   f1    ع‘     ARABIC SHADDA
92       362   241   f2    ع’     ARABIC SUKUN
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NOTES

95       ISO  8859-6  lacks the glyphs required for many related languages, such
96       as Urdu and Persian (Farsi).
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SEE ALSO

99       ascii(7)
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COLOPHON

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