The letters of the Arabic alphabet very in shape depending on their position within a word. The damma is a small „curl“ placed above a letter and represents a short „u“.The kasra is a small diagonal line below a letter and represents a short „i“.The fatha is a small diagonal line placed above a letter and represents a short „a“.But to represent the missing vowels, there are also some special signs like fatha, damma and kasra, called diacritics: This type of writing system is called abjad. The letters transcribe consonants and only some vowels. This means, that the letters are generally joined together. It consists of 28 letters and is written from right to left in a cursive style.
The Arabic script is one of the most widely used writing systems in the world. In this lesson we start with the first four letters of the Arabic alphabet: Alif, ba, ta and tha. Learn to read and write any Arabic word in only 7 lessons!
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