User:Merosonox/Arabic alphabet

Primary letters

Six letters (أ,د,ذ,ر,ز,و) are not connected to the letter following them, therefore their initial form matches the isolated and their medial form matches the final.

Isolated	Contextual forms			Name	Translit.	Phonemic Value (IPA)
	End	Middle	Beginning
ا	ـا	ـا	ا	ʾalif	ʾ / ā	various, including /aː/
ب	ـب	ـبـ	بـ	bāʾ	b	/b/, also /p/ in some loanwords
ت	ـت	ـتـ	تـ	tāʾ	t	/t/
ث	ـث	ـثـ	ثـ	ṯāʾ	ṯ	/θ/
ج	ـج	ـجـ	جـ	ǧīm	ǧ (also j)	[ dʒ~ʒ~ɡ ]
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ	ḥāʾ	ḥ	/ħ/
خ	ـخ	ـخـ	خـ	ḫāʾ	ḫ (also kh, x)	[ x~χ ]
د	ـد	ـد	د	dāl	d	/d/
ذ	ـذ	ـذ	ذ	ḏāl	ḏ (also dh, ð)	/ð/
ر	ـر	ـر	ر	rāʾ	r	/r/
ز	ـز	ـز	ز	zāy	z	/z/
س	ـس	ـسـ	سـ	sīn	s	/s/
ش	ـش	ـشـ	شـ	šīn	š (also sh)	/ʃ/
ص	ـص	ـصـ	صـ	ṣād	ṣ	/sˤ/
ض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ	ḍād	ḍ	/dˤ/
ط	ـط	ـطـ	طـ	ṭāʾ	ṭ	/tˤ/
ظ	ـظ	ـظـ	ظـ	ẓāʾ	ẓ	[ ðˤ~zˤ ]
ع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ	ʿayn	ʿ	/ʕ/
غ	ـغ	ـغـ	غـ	ġayn	ġ (also gh)	/ɣ/ (/ɡ/ in many loanwords, <ج> is normally used in Egypt)
ف	ـف	ـفـ	فـ	fāʾ	f	/f/, also /v/ in some loanwords
ق	ـق	ـقـ	قـ	qāf	q	/q/
ك	ـك	ـكـ	كـ	kāf	k	/k/
ل	ـل	ـلـ	لـ	lām	l	/l/, (/lˤ/ in Allah only)
م	ـم	ـمـ	مـ	mīm	m	/m/
ن	ـن	ـنـ	نـ	nūn	n	/n/
ه	ـه	ـهـ	هـ	hāʾ	h	/h/
و	ـو	ـو	و	wāw	w / ū / aw	/w/ / /uː/ / /au/, sometimes /u/, /o/ and /oː/ in loanwords
ي	ـي	ـيـ	يـ	yāʾ	y / ī / ay	/j/ / /iː/ / /ai/, sometimes /i/, /e/ and /eː/ in loanwords