The Arabic Alphabet

red: sound of the letter in English

blue: name of the letter in Arabic

REMEMBER: Arabic is read from RIGHT TO LEFT, so the order of the alphabet is alif, baa, taa, thaa, jeem, Haa, khaa, dal, thal, etc.

Explanation follows at the bottom for letters: H, kh, S, D, T, TH, ', gh, q, which do not occur in English. The r is rolled like in Russian and Spanish.

NOTE: Arabic letters generally exist in groups of similar looking letters. It is the dots above and below that differentiate them!

There are only 30 letters in Arabic, and no upper or lower case