Āl-ʕarabīyah
āl-lātīnīyah āl-abgadīyah/العربية اللاتينية الأبجدية
The Arabic Latin alphabet
Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
# |
Latin letter |
Arabic letter | Letter's name |
IPA |
1 |
A a |
اَ | Ā (qaṣīra) |
[a~æ~ɑ] |
2 |
Ā ā | آ | Ā ṭawīla | [aː~æː~ɑː] |
3 |
B b |
ب | Bāʔ |
[b] |
4 |
D d |
د | Dāl |
[d] |
5 | Ď ď | ذ | Ďāl | [ð] |
6 | Ḍ ḍ | ض | Ḍād | [dˤ] |
7 |
F f |
ف | Fā |
[f] |
8 |
G g |
ج | Gīm |
[d͡ʒ] |
9 |
Ǧ ǧ |
غ | Ǧāyn |
[ɣ~ʁ] |
10 |
H h |
ھ | Hāʔ |
[h] |
11 |
Ḥ ḥ | ح | Ḥāʔ | [ħ] |
12 |
I i |
Ī (qaṣīra) |
[i] |
13 |
Ī ī | ي | Ī ṭawīla | [iː] |
14 |
K k |
ﻙ | Kāf |
[k] |
15 |
Ǩ ǩ |
خ | Ǩāʔ |
[x] |
16 |
L l |
ل | Lām |
[l] |
17 |
M m |
م | Mīm |
[m] |
18 |
N n |
ن | Nūm |
[n] |
19 |
Q q |
ق | Qāf |
[q] |
20 |
R r |
ر | Rāʔ |
[r] |
21 |
S s |
س, ث | Sīn |
[s] |
22 |
Š š |
ش | Šīn |
[ʃ] |
23 |
Ṣ ṣ | ص | Ṣād | [sˤ] | 24 |
T t |
ت | Tāʔ |
[t] |
25 | Ť ť | ﺙ | Ťāʔ | [θ] | 26 | Ṭ ṭ | ط | Ṭāʔ | [tˤ] |
27 |
U u |
Ū (qaṣīra) |
[u] |
28 |
Ū ū | و | Ū ṭawīla | [uː] |
29 |
W w |
و | Wāw |
[w] |
30 |
Y y |
ي | Yāʔ |
[j] |
31 |
Z z |
ز | Zayn |
[z] |
32 |
Ẓ ẓ |
ظ | Ẓāʔ |
[zˤ] |
33 | ʕ ʕ | ع | ʕayn | [ʕ] |
34 | ʔ ʔ | أ,ء | ʔalif | [ʔ] | There would not be letters c, č, e, ē, j, o, ō, p, v, x, ž, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by k/s/ts, tš/š, i, ī, g, u, ū, b, f, ks, j, respectively. |
Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Yūladu gamīʕu n-nāsi aḥrāran mutasāwīna fī l-karāmati wa-l-ḥuqūq. Wa-qad wuhibū ʕaqlan wa-ḍamīran wa-ʕalayhim an yuʕāmila baʕḍuhum baʕḍan bi-rūḥi l-iǩāʔ.