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xvii ﻍ gh , a sound approached very nearly in the r ' grasseye ' in French, and in the German r. It requires the muscles of the throat to be in the 'gargling' position whilst pronouncing it. ﻕ q , a deep guttural k sound. ﺉ ’, a sort of catch in the voice. Short vowels are represented by: a for (like u in 'bud'); i for (like i in 'bid'); u for (like oo in 'wood'); Long vowels by: a for or (like a in 'father'); i for ی or (like ee in 'deep'); u for ﻭ (like oo in 'root'); Other: ai for ی (like i in 'site') ♦ ; au for ﻭ (resembling ou in 'sound'). The consonants not included in the above list have the same phonetic value as in the principal languages of Europe. We have not transliterated Arabic, Persian or Urdu and Hindi words which have become part of English language, e. g. , Islam, Mahdi, Quran, Hijra, Ramadan, Rahman, Hadith, Zakat, ulema, umma, sunna, kafir, Hindu, Hinduism, karma etc. ♦ In Arabic words like 腩 (Shaikh) there is an element of diphthong which is missing when the word is pronounced in Urdu.