The letter `Ayn in Arabic and Persian. Hear and See the difference! |
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| 5 jam` 'gathering' | جمع |
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| 1a Arabic Fushā |
jam`
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جمع |
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Listen and see how very pronounced and distinctive the final `ayn is as pronounced by a native speaker of Arabic! |
| 1b Persian Written/Formal | jam' | جمع |
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Arabic `ayn replaced by a glottal stop. |
| 1c Persian Spoken/Colloquial | ja: m | جم |
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The glottal stop in turn replaced by a longer-duration previous vowel /a/. If you pronounced the Spoken as the Written, you will sound very pedantic. |
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