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Somali
Alphabet -Numeric
Question | Answer |
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Ja | J as in Jeem |
Xa | Ha voiceless gutteral |
Kha | Like quaf in Arabic or Loch in Scottish |
Da | as in dahl or dad |
Ra | Rolled R sound |
dh | curl tongue back on it's self |
C | Arabic 'ayn say aaaa |
' | glottal stop |
A | as in bat |
E | as in red |
I | i as in bit |
U | as in put |
ii | ee as in feet |
uu | oo as in fool |
ay or ey | interchangeable ay as in bay |
aw or aa | as in cow |
oo or ow | long o like in show |
ee | as in feet |
ah | at end of word = glottal stop |
q | K tongue draw towards back of throat |
dh | dh tongue positioned behind upper front teeth |
j | like ch as in church or j as in jingle |
ma | possitive interrogation mood classifier |
afar | four |
boqol | hundred |