Reading Arabic script
A course I built for myself and my friends — from the first letter of the Arabic alphabet to reading words on your own, with a voice behind every letter, syllable and word.
Ahlan — “welcome.” Tap the word to hear it. In a few weeks you’ll read it — and any vowelled Arabic text — without the Latin underneath.
I want to read Arabic script: look at a vowelled word and say it right. Not speak the language, not translate — just read. That’s a much smaller goal than “learn Arabic”, and it has a clear finish line.
An Uzbek speaker starts with an unfair advantage. Our language took thousands of words from Arabic — kitob, qalam, maktab, ilm, vaqt, xabar — and three of the “hard” sounds (x, g‘, q) are already in your mouth. This course leans on both.
Everything here can be pressed and heard. Letters, syllables and words are spoken by a neural Arabic voice, slowed down so the sound is easy to catch.
The road
- ا ب ت
stage 1Letters
الحُرُوفMeet the 28 letters: their names, their sounds, the shapes they change into, and where in the mouth each one lives.
- بَ بِ بُ
stage 2Vowels
الحَرَكَاتArabic writes consonants; small marks above and below supply the vowels. Learn them and letters start to speak.
- كِتَاب
stage 3Reading
القِرَاءَةFrom syllables to whole words: the article al-, the letters that change shape at the end, and a reading test made of words Uzbek already borrowed.
How to walk it
- One lesson a day is enough. The alphabet takes a week, not an afternoon.
- Listen before you read. Press, repeat out loud, press again. Your ear trains your mouth.
- Do the quiz at the end of each lesson. Under 7/10 means the lesson isn’t done yet — that’s fine.
- Hide the Latin as soon as you can. Every grid has a button for it.
Progress is kept in your browser — press mark as learned at the end of a lesson and the road above fills in.
Start here: The 28 letters.
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