A Gift for Baghdad — Page 125
PUBLISHER'S NOTE ذ dh – pronounced like the English th in that. ؟ ص - strongly articulated s. ضd – similar to the English th in this. ط - strongly articulated palatal t. جظ – strongly articulated z. 125 ८ - ع a strong guttural, the pronunciation of which must be learnt by the ear. غ a sound similar to the French r in grasseye, and to the German v. It requires the muscles of the throat to be in the 'gargling' position to pronounce it. قq - a deep guttural k sound. a sort of catch in the voice. Long vowels by: ā for or آ )like a in father(. for or ۱ (like ee in deep). for و (like oo in root). Other vowels by: ai for aufor (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 ع which is distinct from the apostrophe 'used for We have not transliterated some Arabic words which have