The Arabic Alphabet: How to Read and Write ItEver larger numbers of people are starting to learn Arabic, while even more have some contact with the Arab world. Anyone who wishes to learn the language faces a hitherto formidable initial problem: the alphabet. This book proceeds step by step through all the letters of the Arabic alphabet, showing the sounds they stand for and how they are combined into words. Nothing essential is left out, but no unnecessary complications are added. Readers will find that progress is rapid and will be surprised at the relative ease with which they master the first steps in learning this increasingly important world language. The Arabic Alphabet: How to Read and Write It belongs on the desk of every student of the language, in the luggage of every visitor to the Middle East, in the briefcase of all business people with Arab clients, and in the back pocket of all employees of British or American companies working for a time in an Arab country. |
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accent alif Arab world Arabic alphabet Arabic language basic shape blip classical Arabic connecting connector Daad daal daara darasa DHaa dhaal diphthong emphatic consonants emphatic version English letter equivalent European language exactly example final form followed four forms ghayn glottal stop hamza is written initial and medial Initial Medial Final initial or medial isolated and final Isolated Final isolated form kaaf kasra kataba khaa Koran laam learning Arabic Letter alif letter taa long vowel aa looks madda marbuuTa means medial forms middle miim modern standard Arabic Notice preceding letter pronounced pronunciation The letter qaaf Reminder about pronunciation represented Saad shadda shiin short vowels siin sits sound stroke sukuun sun letter syllable tail thaa three dots three letters three-consonant root transliteration vowel of hamza waaw writing system zaay zero vowel دي