#!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use utf8; binmode STDOUT, ":utf8"; my @chars = qw/A Ω Б あ ン 漢 한 ㄆ ฒ ᡇ א أ ლ æ̀ /; print "$_ is ", (/\A\p{Alphabetic}\z/ ? '' : 'NOT '), "alphabetic.\n" for @chars;