As the sacred language of Islam, Arabic is used by Muslims
worldwide. It has twenty eight letters. Arabic Words are written and read in horizontal lines
from right to left (note: numbers are written from left to
right as in English) .
Note:
throughout this lesson you can always listen to how the
words are pronounced by clicking on the images within the
boxes beside this:
Unlike the Latin alphabet short vowel indicators are not
part of the Arabic letter system, instead they are written
as marks over or below the consonant.
An example will make this clear:
This letter
is
pronounced *d*
on
the top of it, is pronounced like "da" in "danger" check
this out:
on the top of it, is pronounced like "du" in "duplicate"
check this out:
on below it, is pronounced like "di" in "disable" check
this out:
is
pronounced *R* 
pronounced aa
pronounced oo
pronounced ee
