العربية • Arabic Script Guide
Arabic Transliteration & Latin Spelling Guide
Read Arabic text with paired Latin guidance. Learn how Arabic letters connect, how vowel diacritics (tashkeel) work, and how Lisperio assists your reading on iPhone.
How Lisperio Handles Arabic Vowels (Tashkeel)
Modern printed Arabic often omits short vowels. In Lisperio, offline transliteration represents written letters and vowel marks that are physically present in the text. It does not infer or guess missing contextual vowels. For the most accurate phonetic spelling guidance, paste text with vocalization marks (harakat).
The 28 Arabic Letters & Transliteration
اā / ’
Alif
أَمَل (amal)
بb
Bā’
بَاب (bāb)
تt
Tā’
تِين (tīn)
ثth
Thā’
ثَلْج (thalj)
جj
Jīm
جَمَل (jamal)
حḥ
Ḥā’
حَبِيب (ḥabīb)
خkh
Khā’
خُبْز (khubz)
دd
Dāl
دَرْب (darb)
ذdh
Dhāl
ذَهَب (dhahab)
رr
Rā’
رَبِيع (rabī‘)
زz
Zāy
زَهْرَة (zahrah)
سs
Sīn
سَلَام (salām)
شsh
Shīn
شَمْس (shams)
صṣ
Ṣād
صَبَاح (ṣabāḥ)
ضḍ
Ḍād
ضَوْء (ḍaw’)
طṭ
Ṭā’
طَرِيق (ṭarīq)
ظẓ
Ẓā’
ظِلّ (ẓill)
ع‘
‘Ayn
عَيْن (‘ayn)
غgh
Ghayn
غَابَة (ghābah)
فf
Fā’
فَجْر (fajr)
قq
Qāf
قَمَر (qamar)
كk
Kāf
كِتَاب (kitāb)
لl
Lām
لَيْل (layl)
مm
Mīm
مَاء (mā’)
نn
Nūn
نُور (nūr)
هh
Hā’
هَوَاء (hawā’)
وw / ū
Wāw
وَرْد (ward)
يy / ī
Yā’
يَوْم (yawm)
Short Vowels & Auxiliary Marks
فَتْحَة (Fatḥah: ـَ)
Short "a" sound above the consonant (e.g. دَ = da).
ضَمَّة (Ḍammah: ـُ)
Short "u" sound above the consonant (e.g. دُ = du).
كَسْرَة (Kasrah: ـِ)
Short "i" sound below the consonant (e.g. دِ = di).
Reviewed Real-World Passages
Greeting & CourtesyPhrase 1
أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا بِكُمْ، كَيْفَ حَالُكُمْ؟
ahlan wa-sahlan bikum, kayfa ḥālukum?
“Welcome to you, how are you?”
Transit / AirportPhrase 2
مَطَارُ الدَّوْلِيِّ، بَوَّابَةُ الْخُرُوجِ
maṭāru ad-dawliyy, bawwābatu al-khurūj
“International airport, exit gate”
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