The abjad form of writing is well-adapted to the [[morphology (linguistics)|morphological]] structure of the Semitic languages it was developed to write. This is because words in Semitic languages are formed from [[triliteral|a root consisting of (usually) three consonants]], the vowels being used to indicate inflectional or derived forms. For instance, according to [[Classical Arabic]] and [[Modern Standard Arabic]], the Arabic root {{lang|ar|ذ ب ح}} ''{{unicode|Ḏ-B-Ḥ}}'' (to sacrifice) can be derived the forms {{lang|ar|ذَبَح}} ''{{transl|ar|DIN|ḏabaḥa}}'' (he sacrificed), {{lang|ar|ذَبَحْتَ}} ''{{transl|ar|DIN|ḏabaḥta}}'' (you (masculine singular) sacrificed), {{lang|ar|ذَبَّحَ}} ''{{transl|ar|DIN|ḏabbaḥa}}'' (he slaughtered), {{lang|ar|يُذَبِّح}} ''{{transl|ar|DIN|yuḏabbiḥ}}'' (he slaughters), and {{lang|ar|مَذْبَح}} ''{{transl|ar|DIN|maḏbaḥ}}'' (slaughterhouse). In each case, the absence of full glyphs for vowels makes the common root clearer, improving word recognition{{citation needed|date=August 2011}}{{dubious|date=August 2011}} while reading.<!--extremely exaggerated, there are dozens of Arabic words of different roots which are only distinguished by vowels-->
