Unicode order: ؠ ء آ أ ؤ إ ئ ا ب (ة) ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ (ػ ؼ ؽ ؾ ؿ ـ) ف ق ك ل م ن ه و (ى) ي ٠ ١ ٢ ٣ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ٨ ٩ ٮ ٯ ٰ
| sound | translits | alone | fnl/med/init |
|---|---|---|---|
| [ʔ] * | ’ ʾ 2 | ء | ء |
| [aː] * | ā, ʾ | ا | ااـا |
| [b] | b | ب | بـبـب |
| [t] | t | ت | تـتـت |
| [θ] | th, ṯ, (s) | ث | ثـثـث |
| [d͡ʒ~ɡ~ʒ] | j, ǧ | ج | ججج |
| [ħ] | ḩ, ḥ, (7) | ح | ححح |
| [x] | kh, ḵ, ḫ, (7', 5) | خ | خخخ |
| [d] | d | د | دـدـد |
| [ð] | dh, ḏ, (z) | ذ | ذـذـذ |
| [r] | r | ر | رـرـر |
| [z] | z | ز | زـزـز |
| [s] | s | س | سـسـس |
| [ʃ] | sh, š | ش | شـشـش |
| [sˤ] | ş, ṣ, (9) | ص | صـصـص |
| [dˤ] | ḑ, ḍ, (9') | ض | ضـضـض |
| [tˤ] | ţ, ṭ, (6) | ط | طـطـط |
| [ðˤ~zˤ] | z̧, ẓ, (6') | ظ | ظـظـظ |
| [ʕ] | ʿ ‘ (3) | ع | عـعـع |
| [ɣ] | gh, ġ, ḡ, (3') | غ | غـغـغ |
| [f] | f | ف | فـفـف |
| [q] | q, (2, g, 8) | ق | قـقـق |
| [k] | k | ك | كـكـك |
| [l] | l | ل | لـلـل |
| [m] | m | م | مـمـم |
| [n] | n | ن | نـنـن |
| [h] | h | ه | هـهـه |
| [w, uː] | w, ū, (oo) | و | وـوـو |
| [j, iː] | y, ī, (ee) | ي | يـيـي |
* ālif and the hamzah are complicated and with a multitude of rules. in summary:
complications unrelated to alif:
the short vowel marks:
Additional letters not used in Arabic (except possibly for پ p and ڤ v, for loanwords, foreign names, etc.) but present in other languages:
| [p] | p | پ | پـپـپ |
| [ɡ] | g | گ | گـگـگ |
| ګ | ګـګـګ | ||
| [t͡ʃ] | č | چ | چـچـچ |
| ڜ | ڜـڜـڜ | ||
| [v] | v | ڤ | ڤـڤـڤ |
| ڥ | ڥـڥـڥ | ||
| ۋ | ۋـۋـۋ | ||
| [ʒ] | ž | ژ | ژـژـژ |
| [t͡s] | ś, c | څ | څـڅـڅ |
| [x~ç~ʂ~ʃ] | ẍ | ښ | ښـښـښ |
| [ɡ~ʝ~ʐ~ʒ] | ģ | ږ | ږـږـږ |
| [d͡z] | ź | ځ | ځـځـځ |
| [ɻ] | ṛ | ړ | ړـړـړ |
| [ɖ] | ḍ | ډ | ډـډـډ |
| [ɳ] | ṇ | ڼ | ڼـڼـڼ |
| ڻ | ڻـڻـڻ | ||
| [ɲ] | ny, ñ | ڽ | ڽـڽـڽ |
| [ŋ] | ng, ŋ | ڭ | ڭـڭـڭ |
| [ə] | ə, e | ۀ | ۀـۀـۀ |
index | posted 2018-03-18, modified 2019-12-10