Arabic alphabet
نوفمبر 17th, 2007Arabic has 28 letters:
| ا | alif | |
| ب | ba | |
| ت | ta | |
| ث | tha | |
| ج | gim (jeem) | |
| ح | ha | |
| خ | kha | |
| د | dal | |
| ذ | thal | |
| ر | ra | roll the r, like in Spanish |
| ز | za | |
| س | sin (seen) | |
| ش | sheen | |
| ص | sod | |
| ض | dod | |
| ط | ta | pronounce “t” heavier than for ت |
| ظ | tha | pronounce “tha” heavier and like “that” |
| ع | ayn | |
| غ | gayn | |
| ف | fa | |
| ق | qaf | pronounce “qa” like “ka”, but heavier than ك |
| ك | kaf | |
| ل | lam | |
| م | mim | |
| ن | nun (noon) | |
| ه | ha | |
| و | waw (wow) | can be consonant “w” or vowel “u” |
| ي | ya | can be consonant “y” or vowel “ee” |
The letters often vary in how they are written, depending on their position in a word or sentence.
For example, look at the س
طقس - weather, pronounced “taqs” or “tox”
سيارة - car, pronounced “sayyarra”
س - unconnected letter
