Arabic Alphabet Arabic Alphabet or (Arabic abjad), Arabic language includes 28 letters, and it is written from right to left in a cursive style. The Arabic script is mainly used in Middle East, North Africa, Persia, Central Asia and the Northwestern Indian Subcontinent. There are some main rules for writing Arabic we need to learn before we start: 1. The Arabic alphabet is always cursive and letters vary in shape depending on their position in the word. Each letter has 3-4 forms each form is used based on the letter position in the word whether it is at the beginning of the word, middle or end. We will demonstrate these in examples below. 2. Arabic language has 3 vowels ( Ah : اOh : وE : )يthese three letters are considered vowels because almost all Arabic words have these sounds, however in some Arabic words where the above mentioned vowels do not exist we use shorter vowels and they look like symbols : The first symbol above the line on the right is put on the letter when its sound is Ah. The symbol in the middle under the line is put when any of the Arabic letters has the sound Eh. The third one on the left is put on the letter when it sounds Oh. 3. As we said the Arabic alphabet is connected (cursive) like this word : تمامthis word has 4 letters, but there are only 6 letters that don’t connect with any letter that comes on the left side of them, and we will highlight them in red in the bellow alphabet table. Here we will demonstrate the Arabic alphabet for you, how to write each letter and how the form of it changes based on its position in the word: Example Father: Ahb اب Door: Baab باب Berries: toot توت Ox: thoor ثور Weather: Jaw جو Price: Haq حق Pronunciation Ah as in car Ba as in Barn Ta Th as in Think J As in gem Ha "guttural" h End Middle Initial separate ـا ـب ـت ـث ـج ـح ـا ـبـ ـتـ ـثـ جـ ـحـ ا ا ب بـ تـ ثـ جـ حـ ت ث ج ح News: khabar خبر Stairs: Daraj درج Wolf: theeb ذيب Leg: Rejel رجل Button: zer زر Dam : Sad سد Evil : Shar شر Chick : Soos صوص light: Daw ضو Bird : teir طير Shadow : Thel ظل Eye: Ayen عين Gas : ghaz غاز Elephant: feel فيل Monkey: kerd قرد Dog : kalab كلب Night : layl ليل Water : Mai مي Dice: Nard نرد kha Da as in dog Tha As in that Ra As Spanish rolled r as in perro Za as in zoo Sa as in sleep Sh as in short S Strong s can be approximated with sauce Da strong d can be approximated with down Ta can be approximated with steel Tha strong tha can be approximated with father Ah "guttural" voiced A Gha as in Paris in French Fa as fire Ka similar to caught, but pronounced further back in the mouth. Ka as in camera La as in London Ma as in Moon Na as in night ـخ ـد ـذ ـر ـخـ ـد ـذ ـر خـ د ذ ر خ د ذ ر ـز ـس ـش ـص ـز ـسـ ـشـ ـصـ ز سـ شـ صـ ز س ش ص ـض ـضـ ضـ ض ـط ـطـ ط ط ـظ ـظـ ظ ظ ـع ـعـ عـ ع ـغ ـغـ غـ غ ـف ـق ـفـ ـقـ فـ قـ ف ق ـك ـل ـم ـن ـو ـكـ ـلـ ـمـ ـنـ ـو كـ لـ مـ نـ و ك ل م ن و Rose ward ورد Day yoom يوم wa As in water Yah as in yellow ـو ـي ـو ـيـ و يـ و ي
