package ArChr;

=head1 NAME

ArChr -- useful character properties for Unicode Arabic

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 use ArChr;

 $c = "...";  # some UTF8 string

 $c =~ /\p{ArChr::InARletter}/;  # match only Arabic letters
 $c =~ /\p{ArChr::InARmark}/;  # match only Arabic diacritics

 # see description for full set of terms

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This module supplements the Unicode character-class definitions with
special groups relevant to Arabic linguistics.  The following classes 
+are
defined:

=over 4

=item InARletter

Matches only the Arabic letter characters, leaving out all digits and
diacritic and punctuation marks.

=item InARmark

Matches only the Arabic diacritic marks, leaving out all letters,
digits and punctuation marks.

=item InARvowel

Matches vowel letters and diacritics, leaving out consonants, shadda,
sukuun, and letters involving hamza.

=item InARshortvowel

Matches only the short-vowel diacritic marks, not sukuun or shadda.

=item InARcons

Matches consonant letters, hamzas and shadda, leaving out vowels and
sukuun.

=back

=cut

use strict;

sub InARletter {
    return <<'END';
0621 063A
0641 064A
0671
067E
0686
0698
06AF
END
}

sub InARvowel
{
    return <<'END';
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064B 0650
END
}

sub InARcons
{
    return <<'END';
+ArChr::InARletter
-ArChr::InARvowel
END
}

sub InARmark
{
    return <<'END';
064B 0652
0670
END
}

sub InARshortvowel
{
    return <<'END';
064B 0650
END
}

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