24 mim م — 24 sin س 25 nun ن — 25 shin ش 26 waw و — 26 hha ه 27 he ه — 27 wow و 28 ya ي — 28 ia ي 29 lam-alif لا — 29 lam-alif لا Besides this difference of the arrangement of the two alphabets, the student will observe that there is also a difference in the punctuation of two of the letters: thus— Oriental. Occidental. fa ف fa ڢ kaf ق kaf ڧ Among the Western Arabs, the ancient Arabic figures are used, viz. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9: they often write 100 thus, 1 . .-200, 2 . . To explain the force of the synonymous letters on paper would be impossible; the reader, however, may form some idea of the indispensable necessity of knowing the distinction by the few words here selected, which to one unaccustomed to hear the Arabic language spoken, would appear similar and undistinguishable. ENGLISH. ARABIC. ARABIC. Rendered as near to European pronunciation as the English Alphabet will admit. A horse Aoud عودْ Wood Awad اعوادْ To repeat Aoud عَودْ Fish Hout حُوتْ A gun Mokhalla امُكْحلَ A foolish woman Mokeela مُخيلهَ A frying-pan Makeela مَڧلُ A lion Sebah اَّلسبعْ Morning Sebah اَّلصبحْ Seventh Sebah اَّلسبعْ Hatred Hassed احسَدْ Harvest Hassed احصدْ Learning Alem, or El Alem العالمْ or عالمْ A flag El Alem الاعلامْ Granulated paste Kuscasoe كسكْسُ The dish it is made in Kuscas كسكاسْ Heart Kul’b ڧلبْ Dog Kil’b كلبْ Mould Kal’b ڧالبْ Captain Rice الرُايسُ Feathers Rish الرُيش Mud Ris الغيسْ Smell Shim الشُمْ Poison Sim ألسمْ[168] Absent R’gaib الغايبْ