Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

16 Pronunciation and transliteration chi?
Arabic script Pronunciation
I
Transliterated
a:
1 / /z/ as in zoo, easy and gaze 1 I
0-
IS/ as in so, messy and grass
c;
1 / no close equivalent in English, but 1 8 1
1 I may be approximated by I 1
-
4
as in ship, ashes and rush
pronouncing it as Iswl or
IS/ farther back in the mouth
1 I pronouncing /dl I 1
.b
farther back in the mouth
no close equivalent in English,
but may be approximated by
I I pronouncing /t/ I I
i;
no close equivalent in English,
but may be approximated by
farther back in the month
no close equivalent in English,
but may be approximated by
s
sh
-
d
1 I pronouncing 'the', 1 1
c
r
A
t
- dh
farther back in the mouth
6
no close equivalent in English:
a guttural sound in
the back of the throat
no close equivalent in English, gh
but may be closely approximated
by pronouncing it like the
French 11-1 in 'rouge'
/f/ as in $11, effort and muff 1 f