Arabic letters and diacritics: Difference between revisions

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* خ - '''kh'''aa
* خ - '''kh'''aa
** خخخ
** خخخ
** It's better to listen how it sounds.
** It's better to listen how it sounds. You lift the tongue as if pronouncing ق (qaf), but leave it up and breathe through it.


These two are a pair similar to د/ض and others, but the basic doesn't have a simple equivalent in the English alphabet:
These two are a pair similar to د/ض and others, but the basic doesn't have a proper equivalent in the English alphabet:
* dh, z
* dh, z
** ذ - '''dh'''al
** ذ - '''dh'''al
*** Pronunciation similar to "d", but the tongue touches the upper teeth. Similar the "the".
** ظ - '''dh'''a
** ظ - '''dh'''a


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