Study Persian

Table 1: vowels after letter

This table contains the 32 letters of the Persian alphabet (top to bottom) followed by

the indication of each vowel on them (right to left). Read the table thoroughly. Move on to the

next lesson after you can read this table fluently even without the help of pronunciation indications.

Just remember: Persian is written and read from right to left.

1. [a] only indicates the sound of [a] as in hand.

2. [e] only indicates the sound of [e] in pen.

3. [o] only indicates the sound of [o] as in cold.

4. [a] only indicates the sound of [a] as in star.

5. [oo] only indicates the sound of [oo] as in room.

6. [i] only indicates the sound of [i] as in ink.