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ء
Hamza
هَمْزَة
ʾ · glottal stop
How it is written
ءIsolated
ءInitial
ءMedial
ءFinal
Arabic letters change shape depending on where they sit in a word.
How it sounds
ʾ
The same in all four dialects.
For how pronunciation shifts by region, see the dialect guide