First letters of the Arabic alphabet

Au programme

• Which way is Arabic written and read?
• How many letters are there in the Arabic alphabet?
• Which letter makes the “b” sound? Hint: a single dot, below.
• Which letter is “tāʾ”, the “t” sound? Hint: two dots above.
• Which letter is “thāʾ”, the “th” in “think”? Hint: three dots.
• The letters ب (b), ت (t) and ث (th) have the same shape: only the dots change.
• Arabic has capital letters, like English.
• Which letter is “nūn”, the “n” sound? Hint: one dot above a bowl shape.