Script

Jawi script is derived from Arabic, but with a difference: it has six additional characters added/adapted to represent sounds in Malay not found in Arabic, i.e. /c/, /ng/, /v/, /g/, /ny/ and /p/.

Original Arabic letters…

…plus six new letters from the Jawi alphabet

Source https://cilisos.my/the-history-of-the-malay-language-from-pallava-to-jawi-to-modern-malay-simplified/