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minus-squareProf_mu3allim [comrade/them]hexagonhexbear9·2 years agoThis lesson really needs a whiteboard :) What threw you off? link
minus-squareProf_mu3allim [comrade/them]hexagonhexbear13·edit-22 years agoThat is because the similar letters are grouped together on purpose. Here is the original alphabet which didn't have any dots: أٮ ح د هـ ور ح ط ى ك ل م ں س ع ڡ ص ڡ رس ٮ ٮ ح د ص ط ع Then they added the dots to make things easier. ب ت ث you wanna know how to tell these three letters apart? :wtf-am-i-reading: The (b sound) ب has the dot below its shell and the word “below” starts with the sound b. It's transliterated as b The (t sound) تhas two dots above its shell and the word “two” starts with the sound t. It's transliterated as t The ث (th sound) has three dots above its shell and the word “three” starts with the sound th. It's transliterated as th link
minus-squarereplaceable [he/him]hexbear4·2 years agoHow were these letters differentiated without the dots? link
minus-squareProf_mu3allim [comrade/them]hexagonhexbear12·2 years ago:gigachad: Nowadays dotless Arabic is used to circumvent censorship link
oh god im dyslexic
This lesson really needs a whiteboard :) What threw you off?
all the letters look the same to me :ohnoes:
That is because the similar letters are grouped together on purpose. Here is the original alphabet which didn't have any dots:
أٮ ح د هـ ور ح ط ى ك ل م ں س ع ڡ ص ڡ رس ٮ ٮ ح د ص ط ع
Then they added the dots to make things easier.
ب ت ث you wanna know how to tell these three letters apart?
:wtf-am-i-reading:
The (b sound) ب has the dot below its shell and the word “below” starts with the sound b. It's transliterated as b
The (t sound) تhas two dots above its shell and the word “two” starts with the sound t. It's transliterated as t
The ث (th sound) has three dots above its shell and the word “three” starts with the sound th. It's transliterated as th
How were these letters differentiated without the dots?
:gigachad:
Nowadays dotless Arabic is used to circumvent censorship
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There is a font if anyone is interested