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The Arabic Alphabets part-1
Introduction to the Alphabets:
• Arabic is read from right to left
• Almost all the letters in an Arabic word are joined together like hand writing
• Some letters can’t join because of their shape, but we’ll see them as they come
• There are 29 letters in the Arabic alphabet
• There is no such thing as capital letters versus small letters
• There is no such thing as printing versus hand writing, Arabic is all hand writing
• All the letters in the alphabet are consonants
• Vowels are separate marks that go on top or underneath these letters
• The letters are shown below:
1. Alif a as in Dad أ
2. Baa’ b as in wake ب
3. Taa’ t as in take ت
4. Thiaa th as in thin ث
5. Jiim j as in joke ج
6. H’aa’ an’h’ 6vt much deeper in the throat ح
7. X’aa closest is Scottish’ch’as in Loch خ
8. Daal d as in day د
9. Thaal th as in There ذ
10.Raa’ r as in Room ر
11.Zaay z as in zeal ز
12.Siin s as in sake س
13.Shiin sh as in shake ش
14.Saad s as in Some ص
15.Daad no English equivalent ض
16.Taa’ no English equivalent ط
17.Th: aa’ no English equivalent ظ
18.‘Ayn no English equivalent ع
19.Ghayn no English equivalent غ20.Faa’ f as in floor ف
21.Qaaf g as in Going ق
22.Kaaf k as in kind ك
23.Laam l as in Long ل
24.Miim m as in make م
25.Noun n as in none ن
26.Haa’ h as in Honey هـ
27.Waaw w as in way و
28.Yaa ’ y as in yell ي
Each letter has 4 forms (which look very similar to each other
– when you write the letter by itself
– when it comes in the beginning of a word
– when it comes in the middle of a word
– when it comes at the end of a word
– The forms you saw in the chart above are when the letter is by itself
– here’s an example of the letter Baa in all 4 forms
Look at The Arabic Alphabets Part 2
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