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Arabic alphabet pdf Continue It is used by many to start any language by teaching it parts of speech; however, it is logically better to start our trip by teaching arabic alphabet (Arabic letters), as this is a reasonable starting point. Consider the lack of alphabets, then, how can we form words and/or sentences?! Pronunciation Of Transliteered Isolated Isolated َ د d'l دَال kh ﺧـ ـﺨـ ـﺦ As Ch in the name of Bach خ khā̛ َﺧﺎء h ﺣـ ـﺤـ ـﺢ hā̛ in pronunciation َﺣﺎء j ﺟـ ـﺠـ ـﺞ Sometimes as G in a Girl or, as J's Jar ج Jim ﺛـ ـﺜـ ـﺚ ِﺟﻴﻢ As Th in the theory of ث thā̛ ﺛَﺎء t ت ﺗـ ـﺘـ ـﺖ ـﺔ tā̛ ﺗَﺎء Like T in Tree ت tā̛ ﺗَﺎء b ﺑـ ـﺒـ ـﺐ bā̛ - As B in Baby ـﺎ ـﺎ ﺑَﺎء leff as in Apple̛ أﻟِﻒ Pronunciation Original Medial Final Transcription ﺿـ ـﻀـ ـﺾ as D in the dead still heavy in pronunciation ض d'd َﺿﺎد with ﺻـ ـﺼـ ـﺺ As S in the garden is still heavy in pronunciation ص garden َﺻﺎد sh ﺷـ ـﺸـ ـﺶ as w in she ِﺷﻴﻦ ش shins ﺳـ ـﺴـ ـﺲ sin - Like S in see ِﺳﻴﻦ z ز ـﺰ ـﺰ As in the zoo ز z'y َزاي r ـﺮ ـﺮ rā̛ - Like R in Rama and َراء z ذ ـﺬ ـﺬ Like The Th's ذ z'l ذَال d د ـﺪ ـﺪ as D's dad َ َ How F ف fā̛ ﻓَﺎء gh ﻏـ ـﻐـ ـﻎ As Gh in Gandhi غ ghain ﻋـ ـﻌـ ـﻊ ̛ع ﻏَﻴﻦ /aliﻋﻠﻲ /ع has no real equivalent sometimes they replace it sound with sound like, for example, Ali's name for ع ainﻋَﻴ ٍﻦ ع ẓ ﻇـ ـﻈـ ـﻆ As in zorro still heavy in pronunciation ظ ẓā̛ ﻇﺎء tons ﻃـ ـﻄـ ـﻂ As T in the table is still heavy in pronunciation ط tā̛ ﻃﺎء d <ﺻـ ـﺼـ ـﺺ <7 w'w'w' , Like the W in response to the وَاو h ﻫـ ـﻬـ ـﻪ Like the H in He ه ﻫـ hā̛ ﻫَﺎء n ﻧـ ـﻨـ ـﻦ nun - Like the N in Noon ﻧُﻮن m ﻣـ ـﻤـ ـﻢ mim q Like the M in Moon ِﻣﻴﻢ l ﻟـ ـﻠـ ـﻞ Like the L in Love ف l'm ﻻ َم k ﻛـ ـﻜـ ـﻚ As k in Kate ك k'f ﻛَﺎف q ﻗـ ـﻘـ ـﻖ As in The queen still has a heavy velrel sound in the pronunciation of ق q'f ﻗَﺎف f ﻓـ ـﻔـ ـﻒ in Fool ُ َ Now you can draw a conclusion from the chart above that the Arabic letters 29 with the letter hamza, sometimes ̛ أ ؤ ـﺌـ ئ Seen the latter, because it differs depending on the case and context, the latter will be discussed separately ءأإِأ hamza ﻫَﻤ َﺰة (Y (ay, ai, ῑ ﻳـ ـﻴـ ـﻲ yā̛ - Like the Y in you ﻳَﺎء (W (aw, au, u ـﻮ ---- ـﻮ !surprise saying: WAW considered as a separate letter. Also, in the first column above, you can see some dashes or characters in arabic letters above or below them; they are called Arabic vowels (described later). Consider the following three Arabic letters Characteristics: a- Letters are related to the form of words. b- Words have vowels on it Later). c- Some letters have dots on it. 2 Arabic letters form words, connecting them together. The 3-Arabic alphabet is written and read from right to left. The 4-Arabic letters' letters have three forms: initial, media and final i.e. different in form depending on their position. 5- Letters in isolation and final are basically the same in form. 6- Letters in the initial Elementary/Intermediate Reader/Apprentice is recommended to use /̛-naskh/writing form. 8- You can find the correct .اﻟﺮِﻗﻌﺔ/aعand /̛ 'r-ruq اﻟﻨَﺴﺦ (and medial positions are basically the same in form. 7- There are many printed forms, types of fonts and forms of writing in Arabic; but the most common of which is /̛n-nash/ (normal letter pronunciation in Arabic only from the spelling of a word that is considered a non-problem trick of Arabic pronunciation. 9-Arabic letters can be divided into two groups according to their position of the 1st group - can not be combined on the left side. - It can be connected to the previous letter, but never to the next one. - Then all Arabic Refer ع ainع samā̛ / for Sky/ َﺳ َﻤﺎء letters in the alphabet can be connected on both sides, except for the following letters mentioned. (see table below) 2nd group - Changing shape depending on their position in the word. 1st Group (Unconnected Letters) 1st Group Examples 2nd Group (Connecting Letters) 2nd Group Examples Of Leaf No Refer to three Arabic ه ﻫـ ā̛ r-ramedi /for grey hā̛ ̛/اﻟ َﺮ َﻣﺎدِي - Refer to the Three Arabic letters 'Written forms (initial - medial - final) rā̛ ك z-zahab / For the golden cafe ̛/ذ اﻟﺬَﻫﺐ Refer to the three Arabic letters 'Written forms (initial - medial - final) evils غ d-dahr/for a past life ghain ̛/د اﻟﺪَﻫﺮ to three Arabic Letters ' Written Forms (initial - Media D'l ُ َ ̛ Refer to three Arabic letters 'Written forms (initial - medial - final).NB A: This letter will be discussed later 10- Few Arabic written letters can be ءأإِأl-watan/for homeland hamza/و اﻟﻮَﻃَﻦ z-zam'n /For the past yā̛ - Refer to three Arabic letters 'Written forms (initial - medial - final) w'w 'w̛/ز اﻟ َﺰ َﻣﺎن letters 'Written forms (initial - medial - final) z'y ;ت th Letter tā̛ق q'12 ص ك and sin ظ ẓā̛ د ض ذ Dal ط tā̛ ت nun No 11- There are confusing Arabic written letters phonetically wise: Light sound in pronunciation heavy sound in pronunciation tā̛ ق qāfف fā̛ غ ghainع ainظ ع ẓā̛ط tā̛ ض'd ص s'd ش sin sheen ز rā̛ذ Zālد d'l خ khā̛ح hā̛ ج Jim ث thā̛ت differentiated only by their points : bā̛ Tā̛ ڢ This letter is mostly considered in its final position to indicate the female gender end and tā̛ Marbutah. 13- Letters fā̛ and q'f in Moroccan written Arabic differ in form, How to smaller: Position in the word Isolated Initial median final letter form fā̛ in Moroccan Arabic .ـﺔ yet two dots above itـﻪ sometimes it is written as a letter hā̛ final form -Alphabet for Arabic and other Arabic alphabetTip Abjad Languages ArabicTime period3 or 4th century AD to the presentRodimian systemEgiptianProto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicNabataeanArabic alphabetDirecto-leftISO 15924Arab , 160Unicode aliasArabicUnicode rangeU ڡ ـ ــ ـ form of the letter q'f in Moroccan Arabic ـ ــ ـ 0600-U-06FF Arabic, U-0750-U-077F Arabic additive,U-08A0-U'08FF Arabic Advanced-A,Arabic presentation forms U'FB50-U'FDFF-A,U-FE70-U'FEFF Arabic Forms Presentation-B,U'1EE00-U'1EEFF Arabic Mathematical Alphabet SymbolsThis article contains phonetic IPA symbols. Without proper rendering support instead of Unicode characters, you can see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. For an introductory guide to IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Arabic Alphabet Arabic Writing History Of The Transliteration of Diacriti Hamza Numerals Numeration vte History of the alphabet egyptian hieroglyphics 32 c. BCE Ieratic 32 c. BCE Demotic 7 c. BCE Meroitic 3 c. BCE Proto-Sinaitic 19 c. BCE Ugaritic 15 c. BCE Epigraphic Arabic 9 c. BCE Ge'ez 5-6 c. BCE Phoenician 12 c. BCE Paleo-Hebrew 10 c. BCE Samaritan 6 c. BCE Libico-Berber 3 c. BCE Tishina Paleochipansky (semi-complex) 7 c. BCE Aramaic 8 c. BCE Harosh 3 c. BCE Brahime 3 c. BCE Brahime 3 c. BCE Brahmic Family (see) For example, Tibetan 7 c. CE Devanagari 10 c. CE Canadian syllables 1840 c. BCE Square Aramiak Alphabet 2007 Pahlavi 3 c. BCE Hebrew Avestan 4 c. CE Palmyrene 2 c. BCE Nabataean 2 c. BCE Arabic 4 c. CE N'Ko 1949 CE Syrian 2 c. BCE Sogdian 2 c. BCE Orkhon (old Turkic) 6 c. CE Old Hungarian c. 650 CE Old Uighur Mongolian 1204 CE Mandaic 2 c. CE Greek 8 c B. Etruscan 8 c. BCE Latin 7 c. BCE Cherokee (syllabic; letter forms only) c. 1820 CE Runic 2 c. CE Ogham (origin uncertain) 4 c. CE Coptic 3 c. CE Gothic 3 c. CE Armenian 405 CE Caucasian Albanian (origin indefinitely) c. 420 CE Georgian (origin uncertain) c. 430 CE Glagolitic 862 CE Cyrillic c. َ al-Koran l-ʿarabīyah, IPA: ʔalʔabd͡ ʒadiːjah lʕarabiːjah), Arabic Abyad, is ,اﻟْ ُﺤ ُﺮوف اﻟْﻌَ َﺮﺑِﻴﺔ al-abyyaya l-ʿarabīyah or , ا ْﻷﺑْ َﺠﺪِﻳﺔ اﻟْﻌَ َﺮﺑِﻴﺔ :CE Old Permian 1372 CE Hangul 1443 Thaana 18 c. CE (derived from Brahmi numbers) vte Countries that use the Arabic script: as the only official script as coo official writing the Arabic alphabet (Arabic 940 An Arabic how it is codified for writing Arabic. It is written from right to left in a handwritten style and includes 29 letters. Most letters have contextual letter forms. The Arabic alphabet is considered abyad, which means that it uses only consonants, but is now considered unclean abyad. As with other impure abyads, such as the Hebrew alphabet, scribes later came up with means of directing vowel sounds with separate vowel diacritics. Consonant The basic Arabic alphabet contains 28 letters. Adaptations of Arabic writing for other languages have added and removed some letters, both for Persian, Ottoman Turkish, Central Kurdish, Urdu, Sindhi, Malay, Pashto, Arvi and Malayalam (Arabi Malayalam), all of which have additional letters as shown below.
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    Writing Arabizi: Orthographic Variation in Romanized

    WRITING ARABIZI: ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN ROMANIZED LEBANESE ARABIC ON TWITTER ! ! ! ! Natalie!Sullivan! ! ! ! TC!660H!! Plan!II!Honors!Program! The!University!of!Texas!at!Austin! ! ! ! ! May!4,!2017! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! _______________________________________________________! Barbara!Bullock,!Ph.D.! Department!of!French!&!Italian! Supervising!Professor! ! ! ! ! _______________________________________________________! John!Huehnergard,!Ph.D.! Department!of!Middle!Eastern!Studies! Second!Reader!! ii ABSTRACT Author: Natalie Sullivan Title: Writing Arabizi: Orthographic Variation in Romanized Lebanese Arabic on Twitter Supervising Professors: Dr. Barbara Bullock, Dr. John Huehnergard How does technology influence the script in which a language is written? Over the past few decades, a new form of writing has emerged across the Arab world. Known as Arabizi, it is a type of Romanized Arabic that uses Latin characters instead of Arabic script. It is mainly used by youth in technology-related contexts such as social media and texting, and has made many older Arabic speakers fear that more standard forms of Arabic may be in danger because of its use. Prior work on Arabizi suggests that although it is used frequently on social media, its orthography is not yet standardized (Palfreyman and Khalil, 2003; Abdel-Ghaffar et al., 2011). Therefore, this thesis aimed to examine orthographic variation in Romanized Lebanese Arabic, which has rarely been studied as a Romanized dialect. It was interested in how often Arabizi is used on Twitter in Lebanon and the extent of its orthographic variation. Using Twitter data collected from Beirut, tweets were analyzed to discover the most common orthographic variants in Arabizi for each Arabic letter, as well as the overall rate of Arabizi use. Results show that Arabizi was not used as frequently as hypothesized on Twitter, probably because of its low prestige and increased globalization.