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	name.	equivalent.	pronunciation.
ن‎	Nūn,	n	As in English but sometimes nasal at the end of a syllable, when it sounds like the French n in bon; before b or f it is sounded as m.
و‎	Wāw,	w	Nearly as in English, but a little inclined to v.
ہ‎	He	h	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$ As in English.
ی‎	Ye	y

These are joined to the preceding letter by prefixing a small curve or stroke, and to the following letter by removing the curve with which they all but alif end: thus

د و ر‎ if deprived of the curve would become unrecognizable; hence they do not join to the left.

The above letters are all consonants.