How arabs write text messages

Although it's quite possible to switch a mobile phone to work in arabic, many arabs write text messages in arabic using european letters. There are a few arabic letters that do not have a european equivalent: arabs use numbers to represent these letters.

The following table gives a summary of these letters.

Arabic SMS letters
digitmeaning
2hamzaء
3ainع
3'ghinغ
6taaط
6'zaaظ
7hahح
9saadص
9'daadض

Mike Green 26Jul2014

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