Pronouncing Arabic
The Arabic alphabet is written and read from right to left and horizontally. There are 28 letters in the Arabic alphabet:
| Name of letter | Arabic Letter | Name of letter | Arabic Letter |
| Taa (t) | ط | alif (ă) | أ |
| Thaa (th) | ظ | Baa (b) | ب |
| ’ein (’) | ع | Taa (t) | ت |
| Qain (q) | غ | Thaa (th) | ث |
| Faa (f) | ك | Jeem (j) | ج |
| Qaaf (q) | ق | Haa (h) | ح |
| Kaaf (k) | ك | Khaa (kh) | خ |
| Laam (l) | ل | Daal (da) | د |
| Miim (m) | م | Thaal (th) | ذ |
| Nuun (n) | ن | Raa (r) | ر |
| Haa (h) | هـ | Zaa (z) | ز |
| Waaw (w) | و | Seen (s) | س |
| Yaa (y) | ي | Sheen (sh) | ش |
| Saad (s) | ص | ||
| dhaad (dh) | ض |
The table below shows the letters that are similar to those in English, and that you should therefore have no problem learning or pronouncing.
| Name of letter | Arabic letter | Sounds like |
| Alif (ă) | ا | apple |
| Baa (b) | ب | ball |
| Taa (t) | ت | ticket |
| Thaa (th) | ث | thick |
| Jeem (j) | ج | jam |
| Daal (da) | د | done |
| Thaal (th) | ذ | though |
| Raa (r) | ر | rat |
| Zaa (z) | ز | zoo |
| Seen (s) | س | sad |
| Sheen (sh) | ش | shop |
| Saad (s) | ص | sorry |
| Taa (t) | ط | tip |
| Thaa (th) | ظ | thaw |
| Faa (f) | ف | far |
| Kaaf (k) | ك | cat |
| Laam (l) | ل | lot |
| Miim (m) | م | mother |
| Nuun (n) | ن | nun |
| Haa (h) | هـ | hand |
| Waaw (w) | و | wood |
| Yaa (y) | ي | yes |
Unfamiliar sounds
The Arabic letters below are the ones that are either hard to pronounce or are pronounced a little bit differently.
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