Master Arabic pronunciation with interactive letter exercises
Arabic is written right-to-left. It has 28 letters — all consonants. Short vowels are shown as diacritical marks above/below letters. Click any card to hear it pronounced.
When "al-" (the definite article الـ) is placed before a sun letter, the "l" assimilates to the following consonant (e.g. الشمس = ash-shams, not al-shams). Before moon letters, "al-" is pronounced fully (e.g. القمر = al-qamar).
ت ث د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ل ن
Example: الشمس → ash-shams
ا ب ج ح خ ع غ ف ق ك م ه و ي
Example: القمر → al-qamar