For the first time in the history of the Internet, non-Latin characters are being used for top-level domains,
the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said in an online message.
As Chinese and Thai expect their non-latin top-level domain script be approved, Arabic has now become the first non-Latin script to be used as an Internet domain name.

The new top-level domains in arabic are designated for Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. According to Kim Davies of ICANN in a blog post said, "All three are Arabic script domains, and will enable domain names written fully right-to-leff".
So far, Egypt claimed the first non-Latin script Website in a new ".Masr" domain.

ICANN said "Arabic is among the most highly used languages on the Internet today". Users in the (Middle East) will now have easier access to the Internet, with the ability to use their primary language for the entire domain name.

It is up to countries with new top-level domains to launch them in ways that give people day-to-day use, according to Davies.

It is up to countries with new top-level domains to launch them in ways that give people day-to-day use, according to Davies.

Languages with native domain script names in the final stages of the approval process include Chinese, Sinhalese, Tamil and Thai, according to ICANN.

A request by the China Internet Network Information Center for domain names in simplified and traditional Chinese was listed among the non-Latin script address applications that are well along a "fast track" to approval.

Hong Kong and Taiwan were in the queue for top-level domain names in local script, as were Sri Lanka, the Russian Federation, and several other Arab countries.

"The fast track process is working really well for many countries," ICANN's Tina Dam said on Thursday in an online message.

"We are very much looking forward to seeing how the market will adopt and use these (new non-Latin domain names)."

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