Arabic language was said to be the most difficult language to transliterate.
Consonants such as Ayn, Tha and Dhal are often mistransliterated, resulting on vary from the original pronunciation.
Here is my suggestion:
| Value (IPA) | Contextual forms | Isolated form |
Reformed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| various, including /aː/ |
ـا | ا | A a / E e / I i / O o / U u | ||
| /b/ (sometimes /p/ in loanwords) |
ـب | ـبـ | بـ | ب | B b |
| /t/ | ـت | ـتـ | تـ | ت | T t |
| /θ/ | ـث | ـثـ | ثـ | ث | Þ þ |
| /d͡ʒ/ ~ /ʒ/ ~ /ɡ/ | ـج | ـجـ | جـ | ج | C c / J j / G g |
| /ħ/ | ـح | ـحـ | حـ | ح | H h |
| /x/ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ | خ | H h |
| /d/ | ـد | د | D d | ||
| /ð/ | ـذ | ذ | Ð ð | ||
| /r/ | ـر | ر | R r | ||
| /z/ | ـز | ز | Z z | ||
| /s/ | ـس | ـسـ | سـ | س | S s |
| /ʃ/ | ـش | ـشـ | شـ | ش | Ş ş |
| /sˤ/ | ـص | ـصـ | صـ | ص | S s |
| /dˤ/ | ـض | ـضـ | ضـ | ض | D d |
| /tˤ/ | ـط | ـطـ | طـ | ط | T t |
| /ðˤ/ ~ /zˤ/ | ـظ | ـظـ | ظـ | ظ | Ð ð / Z z |
| /ʕ/ | ـع | ـعـ | عـ | ع | Ğ ğ (inside a word) |
| /ɣ/ (sometimes /ɡ/ in loanwords) |
ـغ | ـغـ | غـ | غ | Ğ ğ |
| /f/ (sometimes /v/ in loanwords) |
ـف | ـفـ | فـ | ف | F f |
| /q/ (sometimes /ɡ/ in loanwords) |
ـق | ـقـ | قـ | ق | Q q |
| /k/ (sometimes /ɡ/ in loanwords) |
ـك | ـكـ | كـ | ك | K k |
| /l/ | ـل | ـلـ | لـ | ل | L l |
| /m/ | ـم | ـمـ | مـ | م | M m |
| /n/ | ـن | ـنـ | نـ | ن | N n |
| /h/ | ـه | ـهـ | هـ | ه | H h (omitted at end of words) |
| /w/, /uː/, /oː/ (including /u/, /o/ in loanwords) |
ـو | و | V v / U u | ||
| /j/, /iː/, /eː/ (including /i/, /e/ in loanwords) |
ـي | ـيـ | يـ | ي | Y y / I i |
Special letters
| Letter | IPA |
|---|---|
| A a | /a/ ~ /æ/ |
| C c | /d͡ʒ/ |
| D d | /d/ ~ /dˤ/ |
| Ð ð | /ð/ ~ /ðˤ/ |
| Ğ ğ | /ʕ/ ~ /ɣ/ |
| H h | /h/ ~ /ħ/ ~ /x/ |
| J j | /ʒ/ |
| Þ þ | /θ/ |
| S s | /s/ ~ /sˤ/ |
| Ş ş | /ʃ/ |
| T t | /t/ ~ /tˤ/ |
| Z z | /z/ ~ /zˤ/ |
Example
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