The Modern Persian alphabet is comprised of 32 letters. Persian alphabet is a modified version of the Arabic alphabet with four extra Persian letters to represent sounds which do not exist in Arabic which are /p/, /zh/, /g/ and /ch/. Its Persian name is الفبا ‹alefbâ› , which is the equivalent of the English “ABCs”.
The Modern Persian script is directly derived and developed from Arabic script. After the Muslim conquest of Persia and the fall of Sasanian Empire in the 7th century, Arabic became the language of government and especially religion in Persia for two centuries.
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Match the Persian letters with the sound values.
/â/
/b/
/p/
/t/
/s/
آ
پ
س -ث - ص
ت - ط
ب
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Match the Persian letters with the sound values.
/j/
/ch/
/h/
/kh/
ج
چ
ح - ه
خ
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Match the Persian letters with the sound values.
/d/
/z/
/r/
/zh/
ر
ز - ذ - ض - ظ
ژ
د
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Match the Persian letters with the sound values. Keep in mind that letter ع is represented with /a/ or /'/ .
/sh/
/a/
/gh/
ش
ع
غ - ق
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Match the Persian letters with the sound values.
/f/
/k/
/g/
/l/
ل
ک
گ
ف
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Match the Persian letters with the sound values.
/n/
/v/
/y/
/m/
و
ی
م
ن
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Match the short vowels with the sound values.
There are three short vowels in Persian that are in form of signs. The signs sit on top of the letters or below the letters. These symbols are not normally indicated in writing.
/a/
/e/
/o/
َ
ِ
ُ
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Match the long vowels with the sound values.
/â/
/oo/
/ee/
و
آ
ی
Rearrange
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Rearrange the Persian letters in order from right to left.
Words
ت
ب
آ
ث
پ
چ
ج
ح
خ
ز
ژ
ذ
د
ر
ط
س
ظ
ض
ش
ص
ع
ف
غ
ق
م
گ
ل
ک
ن
ه
ی
و
Fill Blanks
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Fill in the blanks with the missing letters.
Words
پچذشغله
آ ب پ ت ث
ج چ ح خ
د ذ ر ز ژ
س ش ص ض ط ظ
ع غ ف ق
ک گ ل م
ن و ه ی
Multiple Choice
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There are some letters in Persian that are pronounced the same. Look at the letters and choose the matching sound value.