Learn Arabic · The alphabet
Learn the Arabic Alphabet
Start with a letter. Learn all 28 Arabic letters with audio, pronunciation and forms.
Explore at your own pace, then practise with three free games.
All the letters ↗بA whole new beginning.Meet baa
from right to left.
A little practice, a little discovery
Choose your next adventure.
Find the Arabic Letter
Dot Detective
Explore every Arabic letter through dots, shapes, connected forms and short words. Start with a few letters or choose your own practice.
8 questions · no timer · beginner starterPlay Dot Detective →
Arabic Letter Connections
Letter Linkers
New shapes. Clever connections. Match changing letter forms, discover joining breaks and build simple words.
8 puzzles · no timer · guided starterPlay Letter Linkers →
Arabic Sounds and Reading
Build the Sound
Listen, spot the vowel and build what you hear. Explore short and long vowels, sukūn, shaddah, tanwīn and simple words.
8 questions · no timer · hear and buildPlay Build the Sound →Learn 28 Arabic letters, their sounds and forms
This free Arabic alphabet resource introduces each letter through native-speaker audio, its shapes in words and vowel practice. Choose a letter above to explore pronunciation, joining and example words. The lessons use English explanations alongside Arabic script.
Where should a beginner start?
Start with a few letters, listen to their names and sounds, and compare their shapes. Read Arabic from right to left. Try Dot Detective for letter recognition, Letter Linkers for connected forms and Build the Sound for listening and Arabic vowels practice.
How do vowel marks help you read Arabic?
Short vowel marks (harakat) tell you how to sound out a consonant. Fatha, kasra and damma give short “a”, “i” and “u” sounds. The letter lessons also introduce long vowels, sukoon, shaddah and tanween, with recordings to hear the differences.