In Arabic language there is no such thing as capital letters
There are 28 letters which all are consonants but ( letter alif, waw and Ya
) are used
as long vowels or diphthongs and also play a role as weak
consonantsThe direction of Arabic language writing is from right to left except for
sequences of numeral figures which read from left to right
In Arabic language
there is no such thing as capital letters
There are 28 letters
which all are consonants but
( letter
alif, waw and Ya ) are used
as long vowels or diphthongs and also play a role as weak
consonants
SHAPES AND GROUPS
Arabic letters may be divided into several shapes or
groups
Various letters may have the same basic shape but are
differentiated from other letter in their group by the addition of dots above or
below a main shape Consult table
In Arabic there are two basic kinds of letters
(1)
Connectors which may be joined with both to a previous and next
letter
(2) Partial -Connectors, which may be joined
only to a previous letter
The shape of a letter may also differ somewhat depending upon its position in a word and its joining or non-joining to adjacent letter..
CONNECTORS GROUP OF LETTERS
The Connectors group of letters may have as many as four variant forms (1) Independent (2) initial (3) middle (4) final
PARTIAL CONNECTORS GROUP OF LETTERS
The partial -connecting group of letters may have only two forms (1) independent and initial (2) final