Which Arabic sounds are hardest for English speakers?

The throat and emphatic letters: ha, kha, ghayn, ayn, qaf, sad, dad, ta and za. They exist in no English word.

Do I need to learn sounds before letters?

Learn them together. Knowing a letter's name, sound and shape as one unit is how native readers store it.

Letter Sounds

Match Arabic letters to their sounds with a free pronunciation quiz, plus notes on the sounds English speakers find hardest.

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