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		hessenwolf on Aug 23, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Arabic is Terrific I give you Typographic Ligature: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographic_ligature

roel_v on Aug 23, 2011 [–]

Exactly, ligatures don't have any grammatical meaning. They're merely that - 'typographic'.

hessenwolf on Aug 24, 2011 | [–]

And the Arabic letters don't have any grammatical meaning. They are also merely typographic.

I think we are saying the same thing here.

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