For example, typing "Kayf halik" will be transliterated as "كيف حالك".
backspace or click on any word to see additional options in the dropdown menu.Arabic (العربية, pronounced /al ʕarabijja/) is a Semitic language [1] within the Afro-Asiatic language family. The language is spoken by more than 400 million people worldwide [3] across the Middle East, North Africa, and diaspora communities globally.
Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is the standardised literary form used in formal writing, education, media, and official communication. MSA serves as the official language of 26 countries [5] and is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
Arabic is classified as a macrolanguage [4], encompassing numerous regional dialects and varieties. Whilst MSA provides a common written standard, spoken Arabic varies significantly across regions, with dialects sometimes being mutually unintelligible.
The Arabic script is an abjad writing system [2] written from right to left, where letters represent consonants and short vowels are indicated through diacritical marks. Letters take different shapes depending on their position within a word (initial, medial, final, or isolated form).
Arabic has profoundly influenced world languages and sciences. During the Middle Ages, Arabic served as the primary medium for mathematics, science, medicine, and philosophy [6] in Europe. Words like "algebra", "algorithm", and "alkali" derive from Arabic.
The language has contributed extensively to the vocabularies of Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Hindi, Malay, Swahili, and many others. In Europe, Spanish, Portuguese, and Sicilian contain thousands of Arabic loanwords, reflecting centuries of cultural and linguistic exchange during the Islamic presence in Al-Andalus.
Google Transliteration (Google Input Tool) provides phonetic typing from English to Arabic.
Although the official tool has been deprecated, you can still integrate similar functionality using community-maintained packages. Below are practical methods to implement English-to-Arabic transliteration on your website or application.
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