ISO_8859-6
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (7)
Updated: 2010-09-20
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NAME
iso_8859-6 - ISO 8859-6 character set encoded in octal, decimal,
and hexadecimal
DESCRIPTION
The ISO 8859 standard includes several 8-bit extensions to the ASCII
character set (also known as ISO 646-IRV).
ISO 8859-6 encodes the characters used in the Arabic language.
ISO 8859 Alphabets
The full set of ISO 8859 alphabets includes:
ISO 8859-1 | West European languages (Latin-1)
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ISO 8859-2 | Central and East European languages (Latin-2)
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ISO 8859-3 | Southeast European and miscellaneous languages (Latin-3)
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ISO 8859-4 | Scandinavian/Baltic languages (Latin-4)
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ISO 8859-5 | Latin/Cyrillic
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ISO 8859-6 | Latin/Arabic
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ISO 8859-7 | Latin/Greek
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ISO 8859-8 | Latin/Hebrew
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ISO 8859-9 | Latin-1 modification for Turkish (Latin-5)
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ISO 8859-10 | Lappish/Nordic/Eskimo languages (Latin-6)
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ISO 8859-11 | Latin/Thai
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ISO 8859-13 | Baltic Rim languages (Latin-7)
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ISO 8859-14 | Celtic (Latin-8)
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ISO 8859-15 | West European languages (Latin-9)
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ISO 8859-16 | Romanian (Latin-10)
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ISO 8859-6 Characters
The following table displays the characters in ISO 8859-6, which
are printable and unlisted in the
ascii(7)
manual page.
The fourth column will only show the proper glyphs
in an environment configured for ISO 8859-6.
Oct | Dec | Hex | Char | Description
|
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240 | 160 | A0 | � | NO-BREAK SPACE
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244 | 164 | A4 | � | CURRENCY SIGN
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254 | 172 | AC | � | ARABIC COMMA
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255 | 173 | AD | � | SOFT HYPHEN
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273 | 187 | BB | � | ARABIC SEMICOLON
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277 | 191 | BF | � | ARABIC QUESTION MARK
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301 | 193 | C1 | � | ARABIC LETTER HAMZA
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302 | 194 | C2 | � | ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE
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303 | 195 | C3 | � | ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE
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304 | 196 | C4 | � | ARABIC LETTER WAW WITH HAMZA ABOVE
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305 | 197 | C5 | � | ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW
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306 | 198 | C6 | � | ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE
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307 | 199 | C7 | � | ARABIC LETTER ALEF
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310 | 200 | C8 | � | ARABIC LETTER BEH
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311 | 201 | C9 | � | ARABIC LETTER TEH MARBUTA
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312 | 202 | CA | � | ARABIC LETTER TEH
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313 | 203 | CB | � | ARABIC LETTER THEH
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314 | 204 | CC | � | ARABIC LETTER JEEM
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315 | 205 | CD | � | ARABIC LETTER HAH
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316 | 206 | CE | � | ARABIC LETTER KHAH
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317 | 207 | CF | � | ARABIC LETTER DAL
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320 | 208 | D0 | � | ARABIC LETTER THAL
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321 | 209 | D1 | � | ARABIC LETTER REH
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322 | 210 | D2 | � | ARABIC LETTER ZAIN
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323 | 211 | D3 | � | ARABIC LETTER SEEN
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324 | 212 | D4 | � | ARABIC LETTER SHEEN
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325 | 213 | D5 | � | ARABIC LETTER SAD
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326 | 214 | D6 | � | ARABIC LETTER DAD
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327 | 215 | D7 | � | ARABIC LETTER TAH
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330 | 216 | D8 | � | ARABIC LETTER ZAH
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331 | 217 | D9 | � | ARABIC LETTER AIN
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332 | 218 | DA | � | ARABIC LETTER GHAIN
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340 | 224 | E0 | � | ARABIC TATWEEL
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341 | 225 | E1 | � | ARABIC LETTER FEH
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342 | 226 | E2 | � | ARABIC LETTER QAF
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343 | 227 | E3 | � | ARABIC LETTER KAF
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344 | 228 | E4 | � | ARABIC LETTER LAM
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345 | 229 | E5 | � | ARABIC LETTER MEEM
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346 | 230 | E6 | � | ARABIC LETTER NOON
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347 | 231 | E7 | � | ARABIC LETTER HEH
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350 | 232 | E8 | � | ARABIC LETTER WAW
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351 | 233 | E9 | � | ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA
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352 | 234 | EA | � | ARABIC LETTER YEH
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353 | 235 | EB | � | ARABIC FATHATAN
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354 | 236 | EC | � | ARABIC DAMMATAN
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355 | 237 | ED | � | ARABIC KASRATAN
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356 | 238 | EE | � | ARABIC FATHA
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357 | 239 | EF | � | ARABIC DAMMA
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360 | 240 | F0 | � | ARABIC KASRA
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361 | 241 | F1 | � | ARABIC SHADDA
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362 | 242 | F2 | � | ARABIC SUKUN
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NOTES
ISO 8859-6 lacks the glyphs required for many related languages,
such as Urdu and Persian (Farsi).
SEE ALSO
ascii(7)
COLOPHON
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- NAME
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- DESCRIPTION
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- ISO 8859 Alphabets
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- ISO 8859-6 Characters
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- NOTES
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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