The Arabic Alphabet II

English Letter Isolated Final Medial Initial Numerical

Value Name Form Form Form Form Value
`(a) alif C D 1
b bā´ K N M L 2
t tā´ O R Q P 400
th thā´ S V U T 500
j jīm W Z Y X 3
ḥ ḥā´ a d c b 8
kh khā´ e h g f 600
d dāl i j 4
dh dhāl k l 700
r rā´ m n 200
z zāy o p 7
s sīn q t s r 60
š shīn u x w v 300
ṣ ṣād y ¢ ¡ z 90
ḍ ḍād £ ¦ ¥ ¤ 800
ṭ ṭā´ § ª © ¨ 9
ẓ ẓā´ « ¯ ® ¬ 900
Õ Õayn ° ³ ² ± 70
gh ghayn ´ ¸ · µ 1000
f fā´ ¹ ¼ » º 80
q qāf ½ À ¿ ¾ 100
k kāf Á Ä Ã Â 20
l lām Å È Ç Æ 30
m mīm Ô × Ö Õ 40
n nūn Ø Û Ú Ù 50
h hā´ ä ç æ å 5
w wāw Ü Ý 6
y yā´ ì í ê é 10
laa Ë Ì
 Author: Ashur Cherry
York University
Title: The Arabic Alphabet II
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario
Copyright: 2003
Ref. No.: 024

References
Daniels, Peter T. and William Bright. (Editors) “Arabic Letters.” The World's Writing
Systems. New York: Oxford University Press, ©1996. p. 560.

Hetzron, Robert. (Editor) The Semitic Languages. New York: Routledge, ©1997. p. 29.