Persian pronunciation

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Letter	Persian Name	Transliteration	Initial	Medial	Final	Isolated	IPA Value
alef	الف	—	—	—	ﺎ	�?	—
be	به	b	ﺑ	ﺒ	�?	�?	b
pe	په	p	ﭘ	ﭙ	ﭗ	ﭖ	p
te	ته	t	ﺗ	ﺘ	ﺖ	ﺕ	t
se	ثه	s	ﺛ	ﺜ	ﺚ	ﺙ	s
jim	جیم	j	ﺟ	ﺠ	ﺞ	�?	ʤ
ce	چه	c	ﭼ	ﭽ	ﭻ	ﭺ	ʧ
he	حه	h	ﺣ	ﺤ	ﺢ	ﺡ	h
xe	خه	x	ﺧ	ﺨ	ﺦ	ﺥ	x
dâl	دال	d	—	—	ﺪ	ﺩ	d
zâl	ذال	z	—	—	ﺬ	ﺫ	z
re	ره	r	—	—	ﺮ	ﺭ	r
ze	زه	z	—	—	ﺰ	ﺯ	z
že	ژه	ž	—	—	ﮋ	ﮊ	ʒ
sin	سین	s	ﺳ	ﺴ	ﺲ	ﺱ	s
šin	شین	š	ﺷ	ﺸ	ﺶ	ﺵ	ʃ
sâd	صاد	s	ﺻ	ﺼ	ﺺ	ﺹ	s
zâd	ضاد	z	ﺿ	ﻀ	ﺾ	ﺽ	z
tâ	طا	t	ﻃ	ﻄ	ﻂ	�?	t
zâ	ظا	z	ﻇ	ﻈ	ﻆ	ﻅ	z
eyn	عین	'	ﻋ	ﻌ	ﻊ	ﻉ	ʔ
qeyn	غین	q	�?	�?	ﻎ	�?	ɣ
fe	فه	f	ﻓ	ﻔ	ﻒ	ﻑ	f
qâf	قاف	q	ﻗ	ﻘ	ﻖ	ﻕ	ɣ
kâf	کاف	k	�?	ﮑ	�?	ﮎ	k
gâf	گاف	g	ﮔ	ﮕ	ﮓ	ﮒ	g
lâm	لام	l	ﻟ	ﻠ	ﻞ	�?	l
mim	میم	m	ﻣ	ﻤ	ﻢ	ﻡ	m
nun	نون	n	ﻧ	ﻨ	ﻦ	ﻥ	n
vâv	واو	v	—	—	ﻮ	ﻭ	v
he	هه	h	ﻫ	ﻬ	ﻪ	ﻩ	h
ye	ی	y	ﻳ	ﻴ	ﻰ	ﻯ	j

You need to remember that all of the sounds in Persian found in English, except the r, are pronounced exactly like in English. This only includes the consonants, not the vowels. The r is a trilled sound, exactly like in Spanish, or Arabic. It is not like the German or French r's.

Additional letters: sometimes ۂ is used in place of ه and ی for the اضا�?ه, and it used mainly used to help foreigners with pronunciation or to help children pronounce the word. It is not used in normal writing. it is pronounced 'je' (ipa) and it is ONLY at the end of a word.