The English Language written in Arabic Script?

The Arabic writing system certainly takes the crown in being one of the most widely used script to write other languages – (after Latin [the script I’m using to write this post] and Cyrillic [Цыриллиц]).

The Arabic script has been employed to write nearly 100 languages, both historically and currently including  Afrikaans, Chinese, French, and even Greek. Usually, this has happened as a result of religious influence or conquests. However, some ethnic groups used the Arabic script in their own, non Arabic language to conceal messages and ideas. This is the case with Kyrgyz, a language bearing similarities with Turkish, in which the Cyrillic script was imposed on the people by an oppressive government but many still communicated in writing using the Arabic script.

Upper row is in Chinese, middle row is in Arabic, and bottom row is in Chinese using Arabic script called Xiaojing. ( (1955)

 

Although the English people have never had such need to write in any other script other than the modified Latin one that is used, some may find it intellectually stimulating to write in a language, using a completely different writing system. And perhaps one day, it may become useful.

I have devised the following way of writing the English language in the Arabic script:

English sound	Arabic script	Sound examples in English	English written in Arabic
a	ا	apple	ابل
b	ب	ball	بالل
c	ك	camera	كاميرا
ch	ثش	chalk	تشالك
d	د /ض  (interchangeable)	drum	دروم/ ضروم
e	اِ	elephant	اِلاِفانت
f	ف	frog	فروغ
g	غ	ghost	غاُوست
h	ه/ح	hall	هالل/ حالل
i	اِ/ ي	igloo	اِغلوو يغلوو
j	ج	just	جوست
k	ك	kebab	كاباب
l	ل	lamb	لام
m	م	money	مونيي
n	ن	night	نيت
o	اُ	oak	اُوك
p	ب	pram	برام
q	ق	quack	قواك
r	ر	restaurant	راستورانت
s	س	sing	سينغ
t	ت	tree	تريي
u	اُ	under	اُندر
v	ف	vibe	فايب
w	و	water	واتر
x (beginning of a word	ز	xylophone	زايلوفون
x (middle or end  of a word)	ك	oxidise	اوكسدايس
y	يو	young	يونغ
z	ز	zebra	زبرا

Example of the Arabic script used in African poetry:

Waka poetry by Badamasi Agbaji in Yoruba using Arabic script called Ajami.  (1891)

 

The Arabic script in an Indo-European language:

A 16th century Spanish text using Arabic script, called Aljamiado

 

Do you ever use other scripts to write completely different languages?