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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Arabic on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Arabic in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
The standard pronunciation of ج in MSA varies regionally, most prominently in the Arabian Peninsula, parts of the Levant, Iraq, north-central Algeria, and parts of Egypt, it is also considered as the predominant pronunciation of Literary Arabic outside the Arab world and the pronunciation mostly used in Arabic loanwords across other languages ...
The literal meaning of تَشْكِيل tashkīl is 'formation'. As the normal Arabic text does not provide enough information about the correct pronunciation, the main purpose of tashkīl (and ḥarakāt) is to provide a phonetic guide or a phonetic aid; i.e. show the correct pronunciation for children who are learning to read or foreign learners.
Another feature which is shared by many Arabic dialects is the pronunciation of ق as a voiced velar /ɡ/, which Ibn Khaldun states may have been the Old Arabic pronunciation of the letter. He has also noted that Quraysh and the Islamic prophet Muhammad may have had the /g/ pronunciation instead of /q/. [7]
This is a list of traditional Arabic place names. This list includes: Places involved in the history of the Arab world and the Arabic names given to them. Places whose official names include an Arabic form. Places whose names originate from the Arabic language. All names are in Standard Arabic and academically transliterated. Most of these ...
Boulos (Arabic: بولس or بولص), also transliterated Boulus, Boolos, Bulos, Bulus etc., is the Arabic form of the name Paul. It can be used as a male given name, or as a surname. It can be used as a male given name, or as a surname.
The case in Arabic is that they either use one pronunciation of these only, all the time, , , , ( or are the most common), so grouping them reduces unnecessary distractions for someone who wants to quickly understand what do the symbols mean. It also makes him understand that using one of the sounds is correct and dialectal.
[2] [9] Dyula is also a lingua franca and is widely used as a trading language, particularly in the west and in Bobo-Dioulasso. [2] A 2014 survey reported that 5.7% of the population speaks Dyula as their dominant language at home, [10] but the number of L2 speakers is likely much higher. Bissa is spoken by 2.85% of the population.