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ʾa
aleph-a
(can be long or short)
i
aleph-i
(can be long or short)
u
aleph-u
(can be long or short)
b
g
Hard “g” as in “get”
d
d
th
“th” sound as in “this”
h
w
z
h
hh
h
ch
“ch” as in “loch”
t
hard, emphatic “t”
z
“zz”
sound of “s” in “measure”
y
k
l
m
n
s
s�
“su”
as in “Susanna”
ʿayin
like Hebrew ע
g
“gh”
Hardly distinguishable from hard “g”
“ghost”
p
s
“ts” sound
q
r
s
“sh” sound
Can correspond to Hebrew
t
t
th
as in “thin”
