Show HN: Eskéndereyya – Learn How to Read and Write Arabic in Latin Script

Re:Show HN: Eskéndereyya – Learn How to Read and Write Arabi... by Raed667 on Saturday December 17, 2016 @08:54AM (#13200705)

This looks a lot how many Arabs write using Latin keyboards.

Example : "أهلاً بكم", becomes "ahlan bekom"

I find it a cook 'quick-an-dirty' trick to start speaking/writing with locals without worrying much about proper grammar (which is EXTREMELY complex)

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Re:Show HN: Eskéndereyya – Learn How to Read and Write Arabi... by _samihasan_ on Saturday December 17, 2016 @10:01AM (#13200931)

Well, "أهلاً بكم" which means "Welcome" for second person plural in English is transliterated into "Eskéndereyya" as "ählan bekom".

Note the umlaut mark on the letter "a" as it's a Hamzat Qaŧў همزة قطع and should be pronounced with glottal stop. Of course, in colloquial speech across many dialects, it softened to just a plain "a".

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