Arabic on the Internet: Table of Arabic Characters Latin Transliteration
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Arabic on the Internet: Table of Arabic Characters Latin Transliteration
Submitted by Khalid on Sun, 2004/12/19 - 19:30The following is a table of Arabic letters, with the Latin transliteration equivalent in internet 'slang'.
| Arabic (Graphics) | Arabic (Unicode) | Latin Character | Alternatives | Comments |
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ا | A | ||
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ب | B | ||
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ت | T | ||
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ث | 'T | 'C, TH | Think of it as a T with an extra (third) dot. The 'C is a bit awkward to me, but a few people use it. |
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ج | G | J | Depending if you are an Egyptian or other Arab ;-) |
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ح | 7 | Think of it as the closest representation of the Arabic letter! | |
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خ | '7 | KH, | Same as the previous one, but with an added dot! |
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د | D | ||
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ذ | 'D | 'Z, TH | A D with an extra dot on top of it. Alternatively TH can be used as the same as the sound of the english word "the". I recommend TH. |
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ر | R | ||
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ز | Z | ||
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س | S | ||
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ش | 'S | SH | The alternative is much easier when writing, since it is easy for writers of English to use it. |
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ص | 9 | ||
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ض | '9 | A 9 with a dot on top of it. | |
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ط | 6 | ||
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ظ | '6 | A 6 with a dot on top of it. | |
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ع | 3 | ||
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غ | '3 | GH | Again the Alternative GH is easy to write, and is commonly used by Arabs to write their names, ...etc. However, the sound of a native English speaker of GH is different from the Arabic letter. |
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ف | F | ||
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ق | Q | 'F | The Q is a very common use for this letter, but the English sound is different from the Arabic one. |
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ك | K | ||
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ل | L | ||
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م | M | ||
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ن | N | ||
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ه | H | ||
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و | W, O, OO | This letter is actually a long vowel sound in Arabic. | |
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ي | Y | ||
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ء | 2 | The Hamza is not an official "letter" in the Arabic alphabet, but a sound that is either preceeded or followed by a vowel (A, I, O). |
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