Consonants edit
| Arabic | translit. with diacritics | translit. without diacritics |
|---|---|---|
| ب | b | b |
| ت | t | t |
| ذ | ̌t | dh |
| ج | j | j |
| ح | ḥ | h' |
| خ | ȟ | kh |
| د | d | d |
| ذ | ̌d | dh |
| ر | r | r |
| ز | z | z |
| س | s | s |
| ش | š | sh |
| ص | ṣ | s' |
| ض | ḍ | d' |
| ط | ṭ | t |
| ظ | ̌ḍ | dh' |
| ع | ʿ | '' |
| غ | ġ | gh |
| ف | f | f |
| ق | q | q |
| ك | k | k |
| ل | l | l |
| م | m | m |
| ن | n | n |
| ه | h | h |
| ء | ʾ | ' |
| و | w | w |
| ي | y | y |
Disambiguating digraphs edit
Since the simplified transliteration system uses several digraphs, in order to represent genuine consonant clusters unambiguously, use the following rules:
- for "s" + "h", "t" + "h", "d" + "h", etc., place ' between the two letters: "s'h", "t'h", "d'h", etc. However, for "d'" + "h", use "d'-h"
- for "s" + ', "h" + ', "d" + ', etc., place - between the two letters: "s-'", "h-'", "d+'"
- if ' somehow appears after t, k, d, s, d', or g, and is immediately followed by "h", then it should be written -'. "t-'h", "k-'h", "d'-'h",
Also, "-" may be used anywhere it is useful for grammatical reasons, in particular for connecting articles to nouns. If "-" is used between two instances of the same consonant if that consonant is a sun letter (for example "z-z"), then it is assumed that this is a case of assimilation in which the first instance is actually written "l".
Short vowels edit
| Short vowels | Transliteration |
|---|---|
| 064E َ◌ |
a |
| 064F ُ◌ |
u |
| 0650 ِ◌ |
i |
Long vowels edit
| Long vowels | Name | translit. with diacritics | translit. without diacritics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 064E 0627 َا◌ |
fatḥa ʼalif | ā | aa |
| 064F 0648 ُو◌ |
ḍamma wāw | ū | uu |
| 0650 064A ِي◌ |
kasra yāʼ | ī | ii |