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Consonants in Jordanian Arabic phrasebook
Consonants in Jordanian Arabic phrasebook
Characters marked by an asterisk (*) are ones that may prove more difficult for English speakers than the others.
a (ا)�
like 'aa' in "back"
b (ب)�
like 'b' in "bed"
t (ت)�
like 't' in "top"
th (ث)�
like 'th' in "think"
j (ج)�
like 'j' in "jump"
H (ح) *�
like 'h' in "hot" (this sound is created by tightly constricting the throat muscles as you force air through; commonly referred to as "heavy h")
kh (خ)�
like like 'ch' in Scottish "loch" or German "nach" (this sound is similar to a gargled exasperation, as if someone were clearing his throat)
d (د)�
like 'd' in "dog"
Th (ذ)�
like 'th' in "that"
r (ر)�
like 'r' in "row"
z (ز)�
like 'z' in "haze"
s (س)�
like 's' in "sing"
sh (ش)�
like 'sh' in "sheep"
S (ص) *�
like 's' in "sorry" or "saw" (this sound has more force than an English 's'; commonly referred to as "heavy s")
D (ض) *�
like 'd' in "dot" (this sound has more force than an English 'd'; commonly referred to as "heavy d")
T (ط) *�
like 't' in "taught" (this sound has more force than an English 't'; commonly referred to as "heavy t")
TH (ظ) *�
like 'th' in "other"
9 (ع) *�
like 'ei' in German "nein" (while there are different methods of transliterating this difficult character, this phrasebook sometimes uses the number 9, as the sound of the character mimics the sound of the stressed 'i' in "nine".)
g (غ) *�
like French 'r' (this sound is a more gutteral?or gargled?version of the English 'g')
f (ف)�
like 'f' in "fox"
q (ق)�
like 'c' in "cough"
k (ك)�
like 'k' in "kitten"
l (ل)�
like 'l' in "lamb"
m (م)�
like 'm' in "mother"
n (ن)�
like 'n' in "noon"
h (ھ)�
like 'h' in "help"
w (و)�
like 'w' in "wow"
y (ي)�
like 'y' in "yes"
' (ء)�
a glottal stop
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