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THE FORMS OF THE LETTERS.
| Name. | When unconnected with other characters. | When joined to other letters. | Pronunciation in Egypt. | ||
| Final, joined to preceding only. | Medial, joined to preceding and following. | Initial joined to following only. | |||
| Alif | ﺍ | ﺎ | — | — | a |
| Bey | ﺏ | ﺐ | ﺒ | ﺑ | b |
| Tey | ﺕ | ﺖ | ﺘ | ﺗ | t |
| They | ﺙ | ﺚ | ﺜ | ﺛ | t (Arabic th or s) |
| Gīm | ﺝ | ﺞ | ﺠ | ﺟ | g (Arabic j) |
| Hā | ﺡ | ﺢ | ﺤ | ﺣ | h |
| Khā | ﺥ | ﺦ | ﺨ | ﺧ | kh |
| Dāl | ﺩ | ﺪ | — | — | d |
| Zāl | ﺫ | ﺬ | — | — | z |
| Rey | ﺭ | ﺮ | — | — | r |
| Zeyn | ﺯ | ﺰ | — | — | z |
| Sīn | ﺱ | ﺲ | ﺴ | ﺳ | s |
| Shīn | ﺵ | ﺶ | ﺸ | ﺷ | sh |
| Sād | ﺹ | ﺺ | ﺼ | ﺻ | s |
| Dhād | ﺽ | ﺾ | ﻀ | ﺿ | d |
