Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 2 of 2

16 Pronunciation and transliteration char1
Arabic script 1 Pronunciation /~ransliteratedl
1 2 I no close equivalent in English, I q 1
but may be approximated by
pronouncing /k/
farther back in the mouth
3 1 /k/ as in king, buckle and tack 1 k
J Ifl/ as in lap, halo; in the word ~llah,l 1
it becomes velarized as in ball
f / /m/ as in men, simple and ram 1 m
I I In/ as in net, ant and can I n I
/ - - 1 /h/ as in hat; unlike /h/ in English, 1 h 1
I I in Arabic /h/ is pronounced / 1
4
3
(as a vowel)
in medial and word-hal
positions as weli
as in wet and away
long u, as in boot and too
i s \ as in yet and yard I Y 1
is
(as a vowel)
!=
long e, as in eat, beef and see
7
glottal stop: may be closely
b
approximated by pronouncing it
like 't' in the Cockney English
initial position)
ronunciation of buner: bu'er, or th
stop sound in uh - oh!
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