How to read Syriac
NOTE! Here we present the vocals and pronaunciation in "West Syriac".
For east Syriac please see other sources.
For east Syriac please see other sources.
| Example | Phonetic | Pronaunciation | Vocals | Meaning | Name | Letter | ||
| ܐܰܒܳܐ aboː | a | a [and] |  |
A | olaf | ܐ | ||
| ܐܳܪܚܳܐ oːrhoː | oː | o [or] |  |
B | beth | ܒ | ||
| ܐܶܡܳܐ emoː | ɛ or e | e [else] |  |
G | gomal | ܓ | ||
| ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ iːloːnoː | iː | i [eagle] |  |
D | dolath | ܕ | ||
| ܐܽܘܪܚܳܐ uːrhoː | uː | oo [hood] |  |
H | heh | ܗ | ||
| O | waw | ܘ | ||||||
| Z | zay | ܙ | ||||||
| HH | heth | ܚ | ||||||
| TT | tteth | ܛ | ||||||
| Commentary | Example | Plural | Y, I | youth | ܝ | |||
| You get a plural simply by adding the plural dots (..) on letters like: ܘ، ܝ، ܒ، ܓ، ܕ، ܪ، or ܗ | ܕܶܐܒܳܐ | Maskulinum singular | K | kof | ܟ | |||
| Often ends maskulinum plural with E vocal, like debe | ܕ̈ܶܐܒܶܐ | Maskulinum plural | L | lomad | ܠ | |||
| ܐܽܘܡܬܳܐ | Femininum singular | M | meem | ܡ | ||||
| Nearly always ends with ـܳܬܳܐ | ܐܶܡܘ̈ܳܬܳܐ، ܐܽܘܡܘ̈ܳܬܳܐ | Femininum plural | N | noon | ܢܢ | |||
| S | semkath | ܣ | ||||||
| AA | Ain | ܥ | ||||||
| F | Feh | ܦ | ||||||
| SS | Sodeh | ܨ | ||||||
| Q | Qof | ܩ | ||||||
| R | Rish | ܪ | ||||||
| SH | Sheen | ܫ | ||||||
| T | taw | ܬ |