Consonant Sounds
Alphabet Facts
Names
Vowel Sounds
Differences
100

This letter makes a "kh" sound

What is خ?

100

There are this many letters in the Arabic alphabet.

What is 28?

100

  What is this letter called: ش

What is sheen

100

This is the long-o vowel.

What is و

100

What is the difference between ك and ق

Kaaf is pronounced like camera or can, qaaf is pronounced like coffee or call.

200

This letter makes the "b" sound.

What is ب?

200
There are this many short vowels in Arabic.

What is three?

200

What is this letter called ل

What is laam?

200

This is the long-e vowel.

What is ي ?

200
?ض and د What is the difference between

Daal is pronounced like daft or dab, dawd is pronounced like dock or doll.

300

This letter makes the "gh" sound

What is غ?

300

This Arabic symbol looks like this: ء 

What is a hamza?

300

What is this letter called: ص

What is sawd?

300

This is the long-a vowel.

What is ا ?

300

What is the difference between ص and س?

Sawd is like s in saw or sob, and seen is s like in sip or seat.

400

This letter makes the "n" sound.

What is ن?
400

This is the direction in which Arabic is written.

What is right to left?

400

ق  :What is this letter called

What is qaaf?

400

This short vowel is marked by a line over the letter.

What is short-a.

400

What is the difference between ح and ه

Letter ح has no English equivalent, but sounds similar to panting, and haa is pronounced h like in human or hot.

500
This letter makes the "dh" sound.

What is ذ?

500

There are this many long vowels in Arabic.

What is three?

500

ض :What is this letter called

What is dawd?

500

This short vowel is marked by a line under the letter.

What is short-e


500

What is the difference between ط and ت ?

Tah is pronounced t like in talk or tall, taa is pronounced t like in tab or tap.