Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

'Ali ibn Abi Tilib 17
1 Arabic script I Pronunciation I~ransliteratedl
/ 9 1 no close equivalent in English, I q 1
1 / but may be approximated by I 1
4
J
P
pronouncing kl
farther back in the mouth
Ed as in king, buckle and tack
fl/ as in lap, halo; in the word Allah,
it becomes velarized as in ball
/m/ as in men, sim~le and ram
I b I /at as in net, ant and can I n 1
/ LL - 0 - A / m/ as in hat; unlike /h/ in English, 1 h
I
1
in Arabic m/ is pronounced
in medial and word-final
9
9
(as a vowel)
positions as well
as in wet and away
long u, as in boot and too
I LS I as in yet and yard I Y I
long e, as in eat, beef and see
I ee I
1 F / glottal stop: may be closely 1 I
approximated by pronouncing it
like 't' in the Cockney English
ronunciation of butter: bu'er, or tb
stop sound in uh - oh!
k
1
m
w
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