Arabic Alphabet – Learn Arabic Grammer Online 1

 

It is used by many to begin any Language by teaching its Parts of Speech; however, logically it is better to begin our trip by teaching the Arabic Alphabet (Arabic Letters) as it is the reasonable starting point. Consider the absence of Alphabets then how we can form words and/or sentences?!

Arabic Alphabet Chart [29]

 

pronunciation	Transliterated	Isolated	pronunciation	Initial	Medial	Final	Transcription
أَلِف	̛ālif	ا	Like A in Apple	ا	ـا	ـا	ā
بَاء	bā̛	ب	Like B in Baby	بـ	ـبـ	ـب	b
تَاء	tā̛	ت	Like T in Tree	تـ	ـتـ	ـت ـة	t
ثَاء	thā̛	ث	Like the Th in Theory	ثـ	ـثـ	ـث	th
جِيم	jim	ج	Sometimes like the G in Girl or like the J in Jar	جـ	ـجـ	ـج	j
حَاء	hā̛	ح	Like the h in he yet light in pronunciation	حـ	ـحـ	ـح	h
خَاء	khā̛	خ	Like the Ch in the name Bach	خـ	ـخـ	ـخ	kh
دَال	dāl	د	Like the D in Dad	د	ـد	ـد	d
ذَال	zāl	ذ	Like the Th in The	ذ	ـذ	ـذ	z
رَاء	rā̛	ر	Like the R in Ram	ر	ـر	ـر	r
زَاي	zāy	ز	Like the Z in zoo	ز	ـز	ـز	z
سِين	sin	س	Like the S in See	سـ	ـسـ	ـس	s
شِين	shin	ش	Like the Sh in She	شـ	ـشـ	ـش	sh
صَاد	sād	ص	Like the S in Sad yet heavy in pronunciation	صـ	ـصـ	ـص	s
ضَاد	dād	ض	Like the D in Dead yet heavy in pronunciation	ضـ	ـضـ	ـض	d
طَاء	tā̛	ط	Like the T in Table yet heavy in pronunciation	طـ	ـطـ	ـط	t
ظَاء	ẓā̛	ظ	Like the Z in Zorro yet heavy in pronunciation	ظـ	ـظـ	ـظ	ẓ
عَينٍ	عain	ع	Has no real equivalent sometimes they replace its sound with the A sound like for example the name Ali for علي /عali/	عـ	ـعـ	ـع	ع̛
غَين	ghain	غ	Like the Gh in Ghandi	غـ	ـغـ	ـغ	gh
فَاء	fā̛	ف	Like the F in Fool	فـ	ـفـ	ـف	f
قَاف	qāf	ق	Like the Q in Queen yet heavy velar sound in pronunciation	قـ	ـقـ	ـق	q
كَاف	kāf	ك	Like the K in Kate	كـ	ـكـ	ـك	k
لاَم	lām	ف	Like the L in Love	لـ	ـلـ	ـل	l
مِيم	mim	م	Like the M in Moon	مـ	ـمـ	ـم	m
نُون	nun	ن	Like the N in Noon	نـ	ـنـ	ـن	n
هَاء	hā̛	ه هـ	Like the H in He	هـ	ـهـ	ـه	h
وَاو	wāw	,	Like the W in the reaction of astonishment saying: WAW!	ـو	—-	ـو	W(aw, au, u)
يَاء	yā̛	ي	Like the Y in you	يـ	ـيـ	ـي	Y (ay, ai, ῑ)
هَمزَة	hamza	ء	Latter will be discussed separately	أ ؤ	ـئـ	ئ	̛
		أُ
		إِ
		أَ

Now, you can deduce from the herein above Chart that Arabic letters are 29 with the letter hamza, sometimes is regarded as a separate Letter. Further, in the first column above, you can see some dashes or symbols on the Arabic Letter above or below them; they are called Arabic vowels (Described later).

Consider the following three Arabic Letters Characteristics:
a- Letters are connected to form words.
b- Words have vowels on it (described later).
c- Some letters have dots on it.

Do you know that:
1- Arabic structure is different in Alphabet from any other Language.
2- Arabic letters form words by connecting them together.
3- Arabic Alphabet is written and read from right to left.
4- Arabic Letters’ writing has three forms: initial, medial, and final i.e. different in shape according to their position.
5- Letters in isolation and final are mostly the same in shape.
6- Letters in the initial and medial positions are mostly the same in shape.
7- There are many print forms, types of fonts and writing forms for Arabic; yet most common of which is /̛ān-naskh/ (normal writing) النَسخ and /̛ār-ruqعa/ الرِقعة. An elementary/ intermediate Reader/ Learner is advised to use /̛ān-naskh/ writing form.
8- You can find the correct pronunciation in Arabic just from the spelling of the word which is considered a no-trouble-trick of Arabic pronunciation.
9- Arabic Letters can be divided into two groups according to their position