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GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Professor: David Mehall

Elementary Modern Standard Arabic

FALL 1999

The Arabic Alphabet

Characteristics: 1) Written from right to left. 2) There are 28 consonants and six vowels: 3 long, 3 short. 3) Vowels are generally not represented in print. 4) A letter may or may not connect to the one immediately to the left of it in the same word. The majority do. Those that do not are called non connectors and are listed here:

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