Early Writings — Page 83
Publisher's Note. strongly articulated s - ص 83 d-similar to the English th in this. bṭ - strongly articulated palatal t. ع - strongly articulated z. ´– a strong guttural, the pronunciation of which must be learnt by the ear. - ¿gh a sound similar to the French r in grasseye, and to the German. It requires the muscles of the throat to be in the gargling' position to pronounce it. 39 - a deep guttural k sound. , E a sort of catch in the voice. Long vowels by: ā for or (like a in father). i for ی or (like ee in deep). 1 2 (like oo in root). ū for, Other vowels by: ai for s au for 9. (like i in site). (resembling ou in sound). The consonants not included in the above list have the same pho- netic value as in the principal languages of Europe. As noted above, the single quotation mark ´ is used for transliterating which is distinct from the apostrophe' used for. . ع We have not transliterated some Arabic words which have become part of the English language, e. g. Islam, Quran, Mahdi,