Guides
Clear answers for children, parents and teachers learning to read and write Arabic and Malayalam. Every guide links to animations you can watch letter by letter.
ArabicWhat are the four forms of Arabic letters?Why Arabic letters change shape, the isolated, initial, medial and final forms with examples, and the six letters that never join the next letter.ArabicHow do you write Arabic letters? Stroke order for beginnersThe basic rules of Arabic handwriting: right to left, body first, dots and vowel marks after — with letter families and common mistakes.ArabicHow do you read Arabic vowel marks (harakat)?Fatha, kasra, damma, sukun, shadda and tanween explained with examples, plus how long vowels work with alif, waw and ya.ArabicSun and moon letters in Arabic: when is the 'l' in al- silent?The 14 sun letters that swallow the l of al-, the 14 moon letters that keep it, and how to spot them in a word.MalayalamMalayalam alphabet for beginners: vowels, consonants and vowel signsThe Malayalam vowels and consonants with transliteration, how vowel signs change a consonant, and how chillu and chandrakkala work.MalayalamWhat is ഗുണിതം (gunitham) in Malayalam?ഗുണിതം is every consonant combined with every vowel sign. See the pattern on ക, where each sign sits, and how to write the signs that go before the letter.MalayalamChillu letters and chandrakkala in Malayalam, explainedWhat chillu letters (ൻ ർ ൽ ൾ ൺ) are, the three jobs of the chandrakkala (്), and the most common joined consonants.How-toHow to make a handwriting animation of an Arabic or Malayalam wordTurn any Arabic or Malayalam word into a stroke-by-stroke handwriting animation — free, in your browser, at any speed.