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Contextual forms Name Translit. Phonemic Value (IPA)
Isolated End Middle Beginning
ا ـﺎ ـﺎ ا ʾalif ʾ / ā various, including /aː/
ـب ـبـ بـ bāʾ b /b/, also /p/ in some loanwords
ـت ـتـ تـ tāʾ t /t/
ـث ـثـ ثـ ṯāʾ /θ/
ـج ـجـ جـ ǧīm ǧ (also j, g) [ɡ~dʒ~ʒ]
ـح ـحـ حـ ḥāʾ /ħ/
ـخ ـخـ خـ ḫāʾ (also kh, x) /x/
ـد ـد د dāl d /d/
ـذ ـذ ذ ḏāl (also dh, ð) /ð/
ـر ـر ر rāʾ r /r/
ـز ـز ز zāy z /z/
ـس ـسـ سـ sīn s /s/
ـش ـشـ شـ šīn š (also sh) /ʃ/
ـص ـصـ صـ ṣād /sˁ/
ـض ـضـ ضـ ḍād /dˁ/
ـط ـطـ طـ ṭāʾ /tˁ/
ـظ ـظـ ظـ ẓāʾ [ðˁ~zˁ]
ـع ـعـ عـ ʿayn ʿ /ʕ/
ـغ ـغـ غـ ġayn ġ (also gh) /ɣ/ (/ɡ/ in many loanwords)
ف ـف ـفـ فـ fāʾ f /f/, also /v/ in some loanwords
ـق ـقـ قـ qāf q /q/
ـك ـكـ كـ kāf k /k/
ـل ـلـ لـ lām l /l/, ([lˁ] in Allah only)
ـم ـمـ مـ mīm m /m/
ن ـن ـنـ نـ nūn n /n/
ـه ـهـ هـ hāʾ h /h/
ـو ـو و wāw w / ū /w/ / /uː/, sometimes /u/, /o/ and /oː/ in loanwords
ـي ـيـ يـ yāʾ y / ī /j/ / /iː/, sometimes /i/, /eː/ and /e/ in loanwords

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