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ذ ص ض ط ظ ع غ ق ئ Publishers' Note dh, pronounced like the English th in 'that'. ş, strongly articulated s. d, similar to the English th in 'this'. 1, strongly articulated palatal t. 2, strongly articulated z. ', a strong guttural, the pronunciation of which must be learnt by the ear. gh, a sound approached very nearly in the r 'grasseye' in French, and in the German r. It re- quires the muscles of the throat to be in the 'gar- gling' position whilst pronouncing it. q, a deep guttural k sound. ', 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: ā for ✓ or (like a in 'father'); ī for or (like ee in 'deep'); ū for و (like oo in 'root'); Other: ai for (like i in 'site')*; au for و (resembling ou in 'sound'). In transliterated words the letter 'e' is to be pronounced as *In Arabic words like شيخ Shaikh there is an element of diphthong which is missing when the word is pronounced in Urdu. X