Your First Letters
The tall ا, the boat-shaped ب, how Arabic reads from right to left, and the three little vowel marks.
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Welcome to Arabic!
You will learn the alphabet one letter at a time, each with a picture to help you remember it. Here is your first letter!

اArmAn Arm raises straight up.
Arm starts with the sound aa. That's how you say ا.
Most letters work this way: the picture's name starts with the letter's sound.