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Re:Why Arabic Is Terrific (2011) by simlevesque on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @03:34PM (#20288344)
can someone link to a video/recording of the sound ?
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Re:Why Arabic Is Terrific (2011) by idlewords on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @03:37PM (#20288362)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSwHMvc0zM4
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Re:Why Arabic Is Terrific (2011) by AtlasLion on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @03:56PM (#20288512)
Maha explains how to pronounce it quite Nicely here https://youtu.be/Y0ro6b50-Lk?t=159
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Re:Why Arabic Is Terrific (2011) by kissickas on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @04:07PM (#20288609)
It's not an uvular letter though, it's pharyngeal (to epiglottal in some places).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayin#Arabic_%CA%BFayn

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Re:Why Arabic Is Terrific (2011) by AtlasLion on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @04:09PM (#20288624)
True, she struggled with that part, but that technique of limiting the airflow by hand works and gives you a good feel on how to pronounce it.
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Re:Why Arabic Is Terrific (2011) by Rampoina on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @05:12PM (#20289251)
I was a bit confused with it being called a consonant.

After some research, although I had a flawed understanding of vowels and consonants, I think it's classified as a semivowel.

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