What do you know about Arabic Language

Arabic Language is one of the Semitic Languages and it has more speakers than any other language. It is spoken in the Middle East countries. It is the official language for 22 countries and it is the liturgical language of Islam since it is the language of Quran, the Islamic Holy book.




Arabic has many different, geographically distributed spoken varieties, some of which are mutually intelligent.



Tha Arabic alphabet contains twenty eight letters consisting of consonants and long vowels, and fourteen symbols that functions as short vowels and pronunciation markers, or as markers of certain grammatical functions.




This chart shows Arabic Alphabets, the way to pronounce them and the different ways for writing them.

**: letters with stars can only connect with other letters placed before them and not after; which means that if a letter is placed after them, these letters should take a form as if it was placed at the beginning of the word.

Special Charecteristics of Arabic Script:


1. Arbic is written from right to left. One consequent of this ordering system is that Arabic books, newspapers, and magazines open and are read in the opposite direction from American and European printed materials.



2. Letters are connected in both print and handwriting, unlike those of the Latin alphabets, which are connected only in handwriting.



ا ل ب ا ب
>>>>>> These are individual letters which are written one after another in correct order, but which do not form a word!

When they are connected, however, they do spell a word >>>>> الــبـــاب





3. Letters have slightly different shapes depending on where they occur in a word. In the following chart, you can see different forms of the letters in different positions.









Regards,

Asmaa.

References:

1. Alif Baa,

2. Wiki.