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Arabic  is written from right to left. There are 18 distinct letter shapes, which vary slightly depending on whether they are connected to another letter before or after them.

The full alphabet of 28 letters is created by placing various combinations of dots above or below some of these shapes. 

There are no upper case letters.

 

saad shyin syin  zaay  raa thal  daal  kha haa jyim  the teh  beh  alef
  s  sh  ss z r th(is) d kh hh j th t b/p a
yaa waaw haa nuwn  myim laan kaaf qaaf faa gayn ayn zaa taa daad
y w h n m l k q f gh u z t dh